#289BB2#289BB2

#289BB2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.103 H 214.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#289BB2
RGBrgb(40, 155, 178)
HSLhsl(190, 63%, 43%)
HSVhsv(190, 78%, 70%)
CMYKcmyk(77.5%, 12.9%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LABlab(59.07, -23.11, -20.91)
CIE-LCHlch(59.07, 31.16, 222.15°)
OKLaboklab(63.8% -0.0843 -0.0584)
OKLCHoklch(63.8% 0.103 214.7)
XYZxyz(20.6289, 27.1056, 46.2555)
Luminance0.2711 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#289BB2 #B23F28
analogous
#28B284 #289BB2 #2856B2
triadic
#289BB2 #B2289B #9BB228
tetradic
#289BB2 #8428B2 #B23F28 #56B228
square
#289BB2 #8428B2 #B23F28 #56B228
split-complementary
#289BB2 #B22856 #B28428
monochromatic
#12444E #1D6F80 #289BB2 #43BCD5 #75CEE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27
#289BB2 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42
#289BB2 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #289BB2
6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##289BB2#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##289BB21.003.276.426.42
#FFFFFF3.271.0021.0021.00
#0000006.4221.001.001.00
##0000006.4221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#8B96B3
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7888B2
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00A4A2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #289bb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 155, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.103 214.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79b8c9',
    500: '#289bb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #289bb2;
$custom-light: #79b8c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#289bb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190,
    "s": 63.303,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.638,
    "c": 0.10257,
    "h": 214.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#289BB2
secondary
#C77D6F
accent
#5D41E6
background
#F8FBFC
surface
#EFF6F8
border
#CAD0D1
text
#0A1113
muted
#7C8082

Preview Lab

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#289BB2 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva