#289BAB#289BAB

#289BAB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.100 H 208.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#289BAB
RGB	rgb(40, 155, 171)
HSL	hsl(187, 62%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(187, 77%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.6%, 9.4%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.82, -25.38, -17.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.82, 30.73, 214.34°)
OKLab	oklab(63.51% -0.0873 -0.0483)
OKLCH	oklch(63.51% 0.1 208.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.9439, 26.8316, 42.6481)
Luminance	0.2683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#289BAB #AB3828

analogous

#28AB7A #289BAB #285AAB

triadic

#289BAB #AB289B #9BAB28

tetradic

#289BAB #7A28AB #AB3828 #5AAB28

square

#289BAB #7A28AB #AB3828 #5AAB28

split-complementary

#289BAB #AB285A #AB7A28

monochromatic

#114148 #1C6E79 #289BAB #3EC0D2 #70D0DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#289BAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.37

#289BAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #289BAB

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##289BAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##289BAB	1.00	3.30	6.37	6.37
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D95AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B88AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #289bab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 155, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.100 208.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78b9c4',
    500: '#289bab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #289bab;
$custom-light: #78b9c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#289bab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.328,
    "s": 62.085,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63511,
    "c": 0.09973,
    "h": 208.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#289BAB

secondary

#C4756A

accent

#5643E5

background

#F7FBFC

surface

#EEF6F8

border

#C9D0D1

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #289BAB

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

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