#289B9C#289B9C

#289B9C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.098 H 195.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#289B9C
RGB	rgb(40, 155, 156)
HSL	hsl(181, 59%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(181, 74%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 0.6%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.31, -30.06, -9.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.31, 31.55, 197.68°)
OKLab	oklab(62.93% -0.0938 -0.0266)
OKLCH	oklch(62.93% 0.098 195.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.5944, 26.2919, 35.5409)
Luminance	0.2629 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#289B9C #9C2928

analogous

#289C63 #289B9C #28619C

triadic

#289B9C #9C289B #9B9C28

tetradic

#289B9C #63289C #9C2928 #619C28

square

#289B9C #63289C #9C2928 #619C28

split-complementary

#289B9C #9C2861 #9C6328

monochromatic

#0F3A3B #1C6B6B #289B9C #36CACB #67D7D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#289B9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.26

#289B9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #289B9C

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##289B9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##289B9C	1.00	3.36	6.26	6.26
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90939C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80879D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A09B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #289b9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 155, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.098 195.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76b9b9',
    500: '#289b9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #289b9c;
$custom-light: #76b9b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#289b9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.517,
    "s": 59.184,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62935,
    "c": 0.09756,
    "h": 195.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#289B9C

secondary

#BE6362

accent

#4745E2

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #289B9C

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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