#289B9E#289B9E

#289B9E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.098 H 197.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#289B9E
RGB	rgb(40, 155, 158)
HSL	hsl(182, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(182, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.7%, 1.9%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.38, -29.45, -10.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.38, 31.30, 199.83°)
OKLab	oklab(63.01% -0.0929 -0.0295)
OKLCH	oklch(63.01% 0.098 197.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.7652, 26.3602, 36.4401)
Luminance	0.2636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#289B9E #9E2B28

analogous

#289E66 #289B9E #28609E

triadic

#289B9E #9E289B #9B9E28

tetradic

#289B9E #66289E #9E2B28 #609E28

square

#289B9E #66289E #9E2B28 #609E28

split-complementary

#289B9E #9E2860 #9E6628

monochromatic

#0F3B3C #1C6B6D #289B9E #37C9CC #68D6D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#289B9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.27

#289B9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #289B9E

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##289B9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##289B9E	1.00	3.35	6.27	6.27
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90949E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F879F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A09C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #289b9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 155, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.098 197.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76b9ba',
    500: '#289b9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #289b9e;
$custom-light: #76b9ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#289b9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.525,
    "s": 59.596,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63008,
    "c": 0.09752,
    "h": 197.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#289B9E

secondary

#BF6563

accent

#4945E3

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #289B9E

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

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