#289E8E#289E8E

#289E8E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.103 H 181.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#289E8E
RGB	rgb(40, 158, 142)
HSL	hsl(172, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(172, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.7%, 0%, 10.1%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.84, -35.55, -0.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.84, 35.56, 181.37°)
OKLab	oklab(63.22% -0.1034 -0.0029)
OKLCH	oklch(63.22% 0.103 181.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.9820, 26.8557, 29.8219)
Luminance	0.2686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#289E8E #9E2838

analogous

#289E53 #289E8E #28739E

triadic

#289E8E #8E289E #9E8E28

tetradic

#289E8E #53289E #9E2838 #739E28

square

#289E8E #53289E #9E2838 #739E28

split-complementary

#289E8E #9E2873 #9E5328

monochromatic

#0F3C36 #1C6D62 #289E8E #37CCB8 #68D9C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#289E8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.37

#289E8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #289E8E

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##289E8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##289E8E	1.00	3.30	6.37	6.37
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97948D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87898F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A199

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #289e8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 158, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.103 181.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75bbaf',
    500: '#289e8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #289e8e;
$custom-light: #75bbaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#289e8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.864,
    "s": 59.596,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63225,
    "c": 0.10348,
    "h": 181.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#289E8E

secondary

#BF636F

accent

#455AE3

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #289E8E

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

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