#289D9B#289D9B

#289D9B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.099 H 193.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#289D9B
RGB	rgb(40, 157, 155)
HSL	hsl(179, 59%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(179, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.5%, 0%, 1.3%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.91, -31.32, -8.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.91, 32.36, 194.54°)
OKLab	oklab(63.41% -0.0963 -0.0226)
OKLCH	oklch(63.41% 0.099 193.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.8457, 26.9293, 35.2086)
Luminance	0.2693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#289D9B #9D282A

analogous

#289D60 #289D9B #28649D

triadic

#289D9B #9B289D #9D9B28

tetradic

#289D9B #60289D #9D282A #649D28

square

#289D9B #60289D #9D282A #649D28

split-complementary

#289D9B #9D2864 #9D6028

monochromatic

#0F3B3B #1C6C6B #289D9B #36CCC9 #67D8D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#289D9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.39

#289D9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #289D9B

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##289D9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##289D9B	1.00	3.29	6.39	6.39
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93959B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82899C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #289d9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 157, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.099 193.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76bab8',
    500: '#289d9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #289d9b;
$custom-light: #76bab8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#289d9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.974,
    "s": 59.391,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63408,
    "c": 0.09896,
    "h": 193.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#289D9B

secondary

#BE6264

accent

#4548E3

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #289D9B

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

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