#289D8B#289D8B

#289D8B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.104 H 179.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#289D8B
RGB	rgb(40, 157, 139)
HSL	hsl(171, 59%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(171, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.5%, 0%, 11.5%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.44, -35.93, 0.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.44, 35.93, 179.57°)
OKLab	oklab(62.87% -0.1038 0.0001)
OKLCH	oklch(62.87% 0.104 179.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.5899, 26.4270, 28.5950)
Luminance	0.2643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#289D8B #9D283A

analogous

#289D50 #289D8B #28749D

triadic

#289D8B #8B289D #9D8B28

tetradic

#289D8B #50289D #9D283A #749D28

square

#289D8B #50289D #9D283A #749D28

split-complementary

#289D8B #9D2874 #9D5028

monochromatic

#0F3B35 #1C6C60 #289D8B #36CCB5 #67D8C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#289D8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.29

#289D8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #289D8B

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##289D8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##289D8B	1.00	3.34	6.29	6.29
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96938A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86888D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #289d8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 157, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.104 179.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75baac',
    500: '#289d8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #289d8b;
$custom-light: #75baac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#289d8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.769,
    "s": 59.391,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62871,
    "c": 0.10384,
    "h": 179.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#289D8B

secondary

#BE6271

accent

#455DE3

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #289D8B

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

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