#289CAC#289CAC

#289CAC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.100 H 208.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#289CAC
RGBrgb(40, 156, 172)
HSLhsl(187, 62%, 42%)
HSVhsv(187, 77%, 67%)
CMYKcmyk(76.7%, 9.3%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LABlab(59.16, -25.56, -17.38)
CIE-LCHlch(59.16, 30.91, 214.21°)
OKLaboklab(63.8% -0.0878 -0.0484)
OKLCHoklch(63.8% 0.1 208.8)
XYZxyz(20.2067, 27.2041, 43.2077)
Luminance0.2721 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#289CAC #AC3828
analogous
#28AC7A #289CAC #285AAC
triadic
#289CAC #AC289C #9CAC28
tetradic
#289CAC #7A28AC #AC3828 #5AAC28
square
#289CAC #7A28AC #AC3828 #5AAC28
split-complementary
#289CAC #AC285A #AC7A28
monochromatic
#114249 #1C6F7A #289CAC #3FC0D2 #71D1DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26
#289CAC on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44
#289CAC on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #289CAC
6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##289CAC#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##289CAC1.003.266.446.44
#FFFFFF3.261.0021.0021.00
#0000006.4421.001.001.00
##0000006.4421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#8E96AD
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7C89AC
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00A3A1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #289cac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 156, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.100 208.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78b9c4',
    500: '#289cac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #289cac;
$custom-light: #78b9c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#289cac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.273,
    "s": 62.264,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63801,
    "c": 0.10028,
    "h": 208.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#289CAC
secondary
#C5766B
accent
#5642E5
background
#F8FBFC
surface
#EFF6F8
border
#CAD0D1
text
#0A1112
muted
#7C8081

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#289CAC Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva