#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
RGB	rgb(40, 156, 172)
HSL	hsl(187, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(187, 77%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.7%, 9.3%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.16, -25.56, -17.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.16, 30.91, 214.21°)
OKLab	oklab(63.8% -0.0878 -0.0484)
OKLCH	oklch(63.8% 0.1 208.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.2067, 27.2041, 43.2077)
Luminance	0.2721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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
##289CAC	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #289CAC

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

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