#289CAB#289CAB

#289CAB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.100 H 208.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#289CAB
RGB	rgb(40, 156, 171)
HSL	hsl(187, 62%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(187, 77%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.6%, 8.8%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.13, -25.88, -16.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.13, 30.89, 213.09°)
OKLab	oklab(63.76% -0.0883 -0.0469)
OKLCH	oklch(63.76% 0.1 208)
XYZ	xyz(20.1110, 27.1659, 42.7038)
Luminance	0.2717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#289CAB #AB3728

analogous

#28AB79 #289CAB #285BAB

triadic

#289CAB #AB289C #9CAB28

tetradic

#289CAB #7928AB #AB3728 #5BAB28

square

#289CAB #7928AB #AB3728 #5BAB28

split-complementary

#289CAB #AB285B #AB7928

monochromatic

#114248 #1C6F79 #289CAB #3EC1D2 #70D1DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#289CAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#289CAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #289CAB

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##289CAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##289CAB	1.00	3.26	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E96AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C89AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #289cab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 156, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.100 208.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78b9c4',
    500: '#289cab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #289cab;
$custom-light: #78b9c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#289cab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.87,
    "s": 62.085,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63761,
    "c": 0.09996,
    "h": 208
  },
  "luminance": 0.27168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#289CAB

secondary

#C4756A

accent

#5543E5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #289CAB

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

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