#289C8E#289C8E

#289C8E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.102 H 183.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#289C8E
RGB	rgb(40, 156, 142)
HSL	hsl(173, 59%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(173, 74%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 0%, 9%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.21, -34.63, -1.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.21, 34.68, 182.94°)
OKLab	oklab(62.71% -0.1014 -0.0054)
OKLCH	oklch(62.71% 0.102 183)
XYZ	xyz(17.6437, 26.1789, 29.7091)
Luminance	0.2618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#289C8E #9C2836

analogous

#289C54 #289C8E #28709C

triadic

#289C8E #8E289C #9C8E28

tetradic

#289C8E #54289C #9C2836 #709C28

square

#289C8E #54289C #9C2836 #709C28

split-complementary

#289C8E #9C2870 #9C5428

monochromatic

#0F3B35 #1C6B62 #289C8E #36CBB9 #67D8CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#289C8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.24

#289C8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #289C8E

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##289C8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##289C8E	1.00	3.37	6.24	6.24
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94938E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84878F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #289c8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 156, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.102 183.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75baaf',
    500: '#289c8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #289c8e;
$custom-light: #75baaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#289c8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.759,
    "s": 59.184,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62708,
    "c": 0.10152,
    "h": 183
  },
  "luminance": 0.26181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#289C8E

secondary

#BE626D

accent

#4558E2

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #289C8E

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

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