#289C8F#289C8F

#289C8F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.101 H 183.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#289C8F
RGB	rgb(40, 156, 143)
HSL	hsl(173, 59%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(173, 74%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 0%, 8.3%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.23, -34.35, -2.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.23, 34.43, 183.84°)
OKLab	oklab(62.74% -0.1009 -0.0068)
OKLCH	oklch(62.74% 0.101 183.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.7191, 26.2091, 30.1063)
Luminance	0.2621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#289C8F #9C2835

analogous

#289C55 #289C8F #286F9C

triadic

#289C8F #8F289C #9C8F28

tetradic

#289C8F #55289C #9C2835 #6F9C28

square

#289C8F #55289C #9C2835 #6F9C28

split-complementary

#289C8F #9C286F #9C5528

monochromatic

#0F3B36 #1C6B62 #289C8F #36CBBB #67D8CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#289C8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.24

#289C8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #289C8F

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##289C8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##289C8F	1.00	3.36	6.24	6.24
#FFFFFF	3.36	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)

#94938F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848790

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #289c8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 156, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.101 183.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75baaf',
    500: '#289c8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #289c8f;
$custom-light: #75baaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#289c8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.276,
    "s": 59.184,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62741,
    "c": 0.10113,
    "h": 183.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#289C8F

secondary

#BE626C

accent

#4557E2

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #289C8F

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

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