#289C9B#289C9B

#289C9B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.098 H 194.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#289C9B
RGB	rgb(40, 156, 155)
HSL	hsl(179, 59%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(179, 74%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 0%, 0.6%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.60, -30.84, -8.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.60, 32.02, 195.56°)
OKLab	oklab(63.15% -0.0953 -0.0239)
OKLCH	oklch(63.15% 0.098 194.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.6772, 26.5924, 35.1525)
Luminance	0.2660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#289C9B #9C2829

analogous

#289C61 #289C9B #28639C

triadic

#289C9B #9B289C #9C9B28

tetradic

#289C9B #61289C #9C2829 #639C28

square

#289C9B #61289C #9C2829 #639C28

split-complementary

#289C9B #9C2863 #9C6128

monochromatic

#0F3B3A #1C6B6B #289C9B #36CBCA #67D8D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#289C9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.32

#289C9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #289C9B

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##289C9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##289C9B	1.00	3.32	6.32	6.32
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92949B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81889C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A19B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #289c9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 156, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.098 194.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76b9b8',
    500: '#289c9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #289c9b;
$custom-light: #76b9b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#289c9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.483,
    "s": 59.184,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63153,
    "c": 0.09827,
    "h": 194.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#289C9B

secondary

#BE6263

accent

#4547E2

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #289C9B

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

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