#289D9F#289D9F

#289D9F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.099 H 196.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#289D9F
RGB	rgb(40, 157, 159)
HSL	hsl(181, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(181, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.8%, 1.3%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.04, -30.12, -10.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.04, 31.80, 198.72°)
OKLab	oklab(63.55% -0.0945 -0.0284)
OKLCH	oklch(63.55% 0.099 196.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.1872, 27.0659, 37.0072)
Luminance	0.2707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#289D9F #9F2A28

analogous

#289F66 #289D9F #28629F

triadic

#289D9F #9F289D #9D9F28

tetradic

#289D9F #66289F #9F2A28 #629F28

square

#289D9F #66289F #9F2A28 #629F28

split-complementary

#289D9F #9F2862 #9F6628

monochromatic

#0F3C3D #1C6D6E #289D9F #37CACD #68D7D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#289D9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#289D9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #289D9F

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##289D9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##289D9F	1.00	3.27	6.41	6.41
#FFFFFF	3.27	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)

#92959F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8189A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #289d9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 157, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.099 196.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77babb',
    500: '#289d9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #289d9f;
$custom-light: #77babb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#289d9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.008,
    "s": 59.799,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63553,
    "c": 0.09869,
    "h": 196.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#289D9F

secondary

#BF6564

accent

#4745E3

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #289D9F

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

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