#289CAE#289CAE

#289CAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.101 H 210.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#289CAE
RGB	rgb(40, 156, 174)
HSL	hsl(188, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(188, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(77%, 10.3%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.23, -24.92, -18.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.23, 30.98, 216.45°)
OKLab	oklab(63.88% -0.087 -0.0513)
OKLCH	oklch(63.88% 0.101 210.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.4002, 27.2816, 44.2269)
Luminance	0.2728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#289CAE #AE3A28

analogous

#28AE7D #289CAE #2859AE

triadic

#289CAE #AE289C #9CAE28

tetradic

#289CAE #7D28AE #AE3A28 #59AE28

square

#289CAE #7D28AE #AE3A28 #59AE28

split-complementary

#289CAE #AE2859 #AE7D28

monochromatic

#11434A #1D6F7C #289CAE #40BFD3 #72D0DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#289CAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#289CAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #289CAE

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##289CAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##289CAE	1.00	3.25	6.46	6.46
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D96AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B89AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #289cae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 156, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.101 210.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78b9c6',
    500: '#289cae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #289cae;
$custom-light: #78b9c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#289cae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.06,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63883,
    "c": 0.10098,
    "h": 210.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#289CAE

secondary

#C6786C

accent

#5842E6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0A1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #289CAE

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

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