#289DAB#289DAB

#289DAB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.100 H 207.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#289DAB
RGB	rgb(40, 157, 171)
HSL	hsl(186, 62%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(186, 77%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.6%, 8.2%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.44, -26.39, -16.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.44, 31.07, 211.86°)
OKLab	oklab(64.01% -0.0893 -0.0456)
OKLCH	oklch(64.01% 0.1 207.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.2795, 27.5029, 42.7599)
Luminance	0.2751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#289DAB #AB3628

analogous

#28AB78 #289DAB #285CAB

triadic

#289DAB #AB289D #9DAB28

tetradic

#289DAB #7828AB #AB3628 #5CAB28

square

#289DAB #7828AB #AB3628 #5CAB28

split-complementary

#289DAB #AB285C #AB7828

monochromatic

#114248 #1C6F79 #289DAB #3EC2D2 #70D2DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#289DAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#289DAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #289DAB

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##289DAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##289DAB	1.00	3.23	6.50	6.50
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F97AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D89AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #289dab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 157, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.100 207.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78bac4',
    500: '#289dab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #289dab;
$custom-light: #78bac4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#289dab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.412,
    "s": 62.085,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64011,
    "c": 0.10024,
    "h": 207.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#289DAB

secondary

#C4746A

accent

#5443E5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #289DAB

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

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