#289C96#289C96

#289C96 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.099 H 189.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#289C96
RGB	rgb(40, 156, 150)
HSL	hsl(177, 59%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(177, 74%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 0%, 3.8%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.44, -32.33, -5.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.44, 32.88, 190.48°)
OKLab	oklab(62.98% -0.0976 -0.0167)
OKLCH	oklch(62.98% 0.099 189.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.2660, 26.4279, 32.9867)
Luminance	0.2643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#289C96 #9C282E

analogous

#289C5C #289C96 #28689C

triadic

#289C96 #96289C #9C9628

tetradic

#289C96 #5C289C #9C282E #689C28

square

#289C96 #5C289C #9C282E #689C28

split-complementary

#289C96 #9C2868 #9C5C28

monochromatic

#0F3B38 #1C6B67 #289C96 #36CBC4 #67D8D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#289C96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.29

#289C96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #289C96

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##289C96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##289C96	1.00	3.34	6.29	6.29
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939496

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#828797

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A09A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #289c96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 156, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.099 189.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76bab4',
    500: '#289c96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #289c96;
$custom-light: #76bab4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#289c96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.897,
    "s": 59.184,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62977,
    "c": 0.09905,
    "h": 189.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#289C96

secondary

#BE6267

accent

#454EE2

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #289C96

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

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