#289C8C#289C8C

#289C8C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.102 H 181.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#289C8C
RGB	rgb(40, 156, 140)
HSL	hsl(172, 59%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(172, 74%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 0%, 10.3%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.15, -35.19, -0.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.15, 35.20, 181.18°)
OKLab	oklab(62.64% -0.1023 -0.0025)
OKLCH	oklch(62.64% 0.102 181.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.4948, 26.1194, 28.9254)
Luminance	0.2612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#289C8C #9C2838

analogous

#289C52 #289C8C #28729C

triadic

#289C8C #8C289C #9C8C28

tetradic

#289C8C #52289C #9C2838 #729C28

square

#289C8C #52289C #9C2838 #729C28

split-complementary

#289C8C #9C2872 #9C5228

monochromatic

#0F3B35 #1C6B60 #289C8C #36CBB7 #67D8C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#289C8C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#289C8C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #289C8C

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##289C8C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##289C8C	1.00	3.37	6.22	6.22
#FFFFFF	3.37	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)

#95938B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85878D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #289c8c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 156, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.102 181.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75baad',
    500: '#289c8c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #289c8c;
$custom-light: #75baad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#289c8c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.724,
    "s": 59.184,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62644,
    "c": 0.10236,
    "h": 181.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#289C8C

secondary

#BE626F

accent

#455BE2

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #289C8C

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

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