#289D9C#289D9C

#289D9C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.099 H 194.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#289D9C
RGB	rgb(40, 157, 156)
HSL	hsl(179, 59%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(179, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.5%, 0%, 0.6%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.94, -31.02, -8.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.94, 32.21, 195.57°)
OKLab	oklab(63.44% -0.0959 -0.024)
OKLCH	oklch(63.44% 0.099 194.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.9300, 26.9631, 35.6528)
Luminance	0.2697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#289D9C #9D2829

analogous

#289D61 #289D9C #28639D

triadic

#289D9C #9C289D #9D9C28

tetradic

#289D9C #61289D #9D2829 #639D28

square

#289D9C #61289D #9D2829 #639D28

split-complementary

#289D9C #9D2863 #9D6128

monochromatic

#0F3B3B #1C6C6C #289D9C #36CCCB #67D8D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#289D9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.39

#289D9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #289D9C

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##289D9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##289D9C	1.00	3.28	6.39	6.39
#FFFFFF	3.28	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)

#93959C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82899D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #289d9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 157, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.099 194.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76bab9',
    500: '#289d9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #289d9c;
$custom-light: #76bab9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#289d9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.487,
    "s": 59.391,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63444,
    "c": 0.09886,
    "h": 194.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#289D9C

secondary

#BE6263

accent

#4547E3

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #289D9C

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

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