#289BAC#289BAC

#289BAC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.100 H 209.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#289BAC
RGB	rgb(40, 155, 172)
HSL	hsl(188, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(188, 77%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.7%, 9.9%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.85, -25.05, -17.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.85, 30.76, 215.47°)
OKLab	oklab(63.55% -0.0868 -0.0497)
OKLCH	oklch(63.55% 0.1 209.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.0396, 26.8699, 43.1520)
Luminance	0.2687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#289BAC #AC3928

analogous

#28AC7B #289BAC #2859AC

triadic

#289BAC #AC289B #9BAC28

tetradic

#289BAC #7B28AC #AC3928 #59AC28

square

#289BAC #7B28AC #AC3928 #59AC28

split-complementary

#289BAC #AC2859 #AC7B28

monochromatic

#114249 #1C6E7A #289BAC #3FBFD2 #71D0DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#289BAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.37

#289BAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #289BAC

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##289BAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##289BAC	1.00	3.29	6.37	6.37
#FFFFFF	3.29	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)

#8C95AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A88AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #289bac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 155, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.100 209.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78b8c4',
    500: '#289bac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #289bac;
$custom-light: #78b8c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#289bac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.727,
    "s": 62.264,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63552,
    "c": 0.10007,
    "h": 209.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#289BAC

secondary

#C5776B

accent

#5742E5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #289BAC

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

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