#289D8E#289D8E

#289D8E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.102 H 182.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#289D8E
RGB	rgb(40, 157, 142)
HSL	hsl(172, 59%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(172, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.5%, 0%, 9.6%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.52, -35.09, -1.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.52, 35.12, 182.14°)
OKLab	oklab(62.97% -0.1024 -0.0041)
OKLCH	oklch(62.97% 0.102 182.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.8122, 26.5159, 29.7653)
Luminance	0.2652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#289D8E #9D2837

analogous

#289D53 #289D8E #28719D

triadic

#289D8E #8E289D #9D8E28

tetradic

#289D8E #53289D #9D2837 #719D28

square

#289D8E #53289D #9D2837 #719D28

split-complementary

#289D8E #9D2871 #9D5328

monochromatic

#0F3B36 #1C6C62 #289D8E #36CCB9 #67D8CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#289D8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#289D8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #289D8E

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##289D8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##289D8E	1.00	3.33	6.30	6.30
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95948D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85888F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A098

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #289d8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 157, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.102 182.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75baaf',
    500: '#289d8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #289d8e;
$custom-light: #75baaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#289d8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.308,
    "s": 59.391,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62967,
    "c": 0.10249,
    "h": 182.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#289D8E

secondary

#BE626E

accent

#4559E3

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #289D8E

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

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