#289D9D#289D9D

#289D9D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.099 H 195.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#289D9D
RGBrgb(40, 157, 157)
HSLhsl(180, 59%, 39%)
HSVhsv(180, 75%, 62%)
CMYKcmyk(74.5%, 0%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LABlab(58.97, -30.72, -9.16)
CIE-LCHlch(58.97, 32.06, 196.61°)
OKLaboklab(63.48% -0.0954 -0.0255)
OKLCHoklch(63.48% 0.099 195)
XYZxyz(19.0151, 26.9971, 36.1005)
Luminance0.2700 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#289D9D #9D2828
analogous
#289D62 #289D9D #28629D
triadic
#289D9D #9D289D #9D9D28
tetradic
#289D9D #62289D #9D2828 #629D28
square
#289D9D #62289D #9D2828 #629D28
split-complementary
#289D9D #9D2862 #9D6228
monochromatic
#0F3B3B #1C6C6C #289D9D #36CCCC #67D8D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28
#289D9D on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40
#289D9D on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #289D9D
6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##289D9D#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##289D9D1.003.286.406.40
#FFFFFF3.281.0021.0021.00
#0000006.4021.001.001.00
##0000006.4021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#92959D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#81899E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00A29D
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #289d9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 157, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.099 195.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76bab9',
    500: '#289d9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #289d9d;
$custom-light: #76bab9;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#289d9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 59.391,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6348,
    "c": 0.09878,
    "h": 195
  },
  "luminance": 0.26999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#289D9D
secondary
#BE6262
accent
#4545E3
background
#F7FBFB
surface
#EEF6F6
border
#C9D0D0
text
#0A1211
muted
#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #289D9D

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#289D9D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva