#289E8C#289E8C

#289E8C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.104 H 180.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#289E8C
RGB	rgb(40, 158, 140)
HSL	hsl(171, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(171, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.7%, 0%, 11.4%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.79, -36.11, 0.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.79, 36.11, 179.68°)
OKLab	oklab(63.16% -0.1044 0)
OKLCH	oklch(63.16% 0.104 180)
XYZ	xyz(17.8332, 26.7962, 29.0382)
Luminance	0.2680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#289E8C #9E283A

analogous

#289E51 #289E8C #28759E

triadic

#289E8C #8C289E #9E8C28

tetradic

#289E8C #51289E #9E283A #759E28

square

#289E8C #51289E #9E283A #759E28

split-complementary

#289E8C #9E2875 #9E5128

monochromatic

#0F3C35 #1C6D61 #289E8C #37CCB6 #68D9C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#289E8C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#289E8C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #289E8C

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##289E8C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##289E8C	1.00	3.30	6.36	6.36
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97948B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87898E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #289e8c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 158, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.104 180.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75bbad',
    500: '#289e8c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #289e8c;
$custom-light: #75bbad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#289e8c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.847,
    "s": 59.596,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63162,
    "c": 0.1044,
    "h": 180
  },
  "luminance": 0.26798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#289E8C

secondary

#BF6371

accent

#455DE3

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #289E8C

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

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