#289CAD#289CAD

#289CAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.101 H 209.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#289CAD
RGB	rgb(40, 156, 173)
HSL	hsl(188, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(188, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.9%, 9.8%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.20, -25.24, -17.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.20, 30.94, 215.33°)
OKLab	oklab(63.84% -0.0874 -0.0498)
OKLCH	oklch(63.84% 0.101 209.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.3031, 27.2427, 43.7154)
Luminance	0.2725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#289CAD #AD3928

analogous

#28AD7C #289CAD #285AAD

triadic

#289CAD #AD289C #9CAD28

tetradic

#289CAD #7C28AD #AD3928 #5AAD28

square

#289CAD #7C28AD #AD3928 #5AAD28

split-complementary

#289CAD #AD285A #AD7C28

monochromatic

#11424A #1D6F7B #289CAD #3FC0D3 #71D0DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#289CAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#289CAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #289CAD

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##289CAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##289CAD	1.00	3.26	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D96AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B89AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #289cad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 156, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.101 209.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78b9c5',
    500: '#289cad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #289cad;
$custom-light: #78b9c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#289cad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.669,
    "s": 62.441,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63842,
    "c": 0.10062,
    "h": 209.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#289CAD

secondary

#C5776C

accent

#5742E6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #289CAD

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

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