#289C8B#289C8B

#289C8B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.103 H 180.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#289C8B
RGB	rgb(40, 156, 139)
HSL	hsl(171, 59%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(171, 74%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 0%, 10.9%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.12, -35.47, -0.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.12, 35.47, 180.32°)
OKLab	oklab(62.61% -0.1028 -0.0011)
OKLCH	oklch(62.61% 0.103 180.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.4215, 26.0901, 28.5388)
Luminance	0.2609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#289C8B #9C2839

analogous

#289C51 #289C8B #28739C

triadic

#289C8B #8B289C #9C8B28

tetradic

#289C8B #51289C #9C2839 #739C28

square

#289C8B #51289C #9C2839 #739C28

split-complementary

#289C8B #9C2873 #9C5128

monochromatic

#0F3B34 #1C6B60 #289C8B #36CBB5 #67D8C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#289C8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#289C8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #289C8B

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##289C8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##289C8B	1.00	3.38	6.22	6.22
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95928A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85878C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #289c8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 156, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.103 180.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75baac',
    500: '#289c8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #289c8b;
$custom-light: #75baac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#289c8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.207,
    "s": 59.184,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62612,
    "c": 0.10282,
    "h": 180.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#289C8B

secondary

#BE626F

accent

#455CE2

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #289C8B

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

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