#289CA6#289CA6

#289CA6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.099 H 203.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#289CA6
RGB	rgb(40, 156, 166)
HSL	hsl(185, 61%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(185, 76%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.9%, 6%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.95, -27.46, -14.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.95, 30.96, 207.50°)
OKLab	oklab(63.56% -0.0904 -0.0397)
OKLCH	oklch(63.56% 0.099 203.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.6434, 26.9788, 40.2411)
Luminance	0.2698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#289CA6 #A63228

analogous

#28A671 #289CA6 #285DA6

triadic

#289CA6 #A6289C #9CA628

tetradic

#289CA6 #7128A6 #A63228 #5DA628

square

#289CA6 #7128A6 #A63228 #5DA628

split-complementary

#289CA6 #A6285D #A67128

monochromatic

#103F43 #1C6E75 #289CA6 #3BC4D0 #6DD3DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#289CA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#289CA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #289CA6

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##289CA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##289CA6	1.00	3.28	6.40	6.40
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F95A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E88A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #289ca6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 156, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.099 203.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77b9c0',
    500: '#289ca6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #289ca6;
$custom-light: #77b9c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#289ca6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.762,
    "s": 61.165,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63564,
    "c": 0.09876,
    "h": 203.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#289CA6

secondary

#C26F67

accent

#5044E4

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F7

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #289CA6

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

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