#289D9E#289D9E

#289D9E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.099 H 195.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#289D9E
RGB	rgb(40, 157, 158)
HSL	hsl(181, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(181, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.7%, 0.6%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.00, -30.42, -9.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.00, 31.92, 197.66°)
OKLab	oklab(63.52% -0.095 -0.0269)
OKLCH	oklch(63.52% 0.099 195.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.1008, 27.0314, 36.5520)
Luminance	0.2703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#289D9E #9E2928

analogous

#289E64 #289D9E #28629E

triadic

#289D9E #9E289D #9D9E28

tetradic

#289D9E #64289E #9E2928 #629E28

square

#289D9E #64289E #9E2928 #629E28

split-complementary

#289D9E #9E2862 #9E6428

monochromatic

#0F3C3C #1C6C6D #289D9E #37CBCC #68D8D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#289D9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#289D9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #289D9E

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##289D9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##289D9E	1.00	3.28	6.41	6.41
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92959E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81899F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #289d9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 157, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.099 195.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77baba',
    500: '#289d9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #289d9e;
$custom-light: #77baba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#289d9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.508,
    "s": 59.596,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63516,
    "c": 0.09872,
    "h": 195.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#289D9E

secondary

#BF6463

accent

#4645E3

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #289D9E

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

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