#289E8F#289E8F

#289E8F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.103 H 182.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#289E8F
RGB	rgb(40, 158, 143)
HSL	hsl(172, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(172, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.7%, 0%, 9.5%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.87, -35.27, -1.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.87, 35.30, 182.23°)
OKLab	oklab(63.26% -0.103 -0.0043)
OKLCH	oklch(63.26% 0.103 182.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.0574, 26.8858, 30.2191)
Luminance	0.2689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#289E8F #9E2837

analogous

#289E54 #289E8F #28729E

triadic

#289E8F #8F289E #9E8F28

tetradic

#289E8F #54289E #9E2837 #729E28

square

#289E8F #54289E #9E2837 #729E28

split-complementary

#289E8F #9E2872 #9E5428

monochromatic

#0F3C37 #1C6D63 #289E8F #37CCB9 #68D9CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#289E8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#289E8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #289E8F

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##289E8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##289E8F	1.00	3.29	6.38	6.38
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96958E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868990

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A199

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #289e8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 158, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.103 182.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75bbaf',
    500: '#289e8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #289e8f;
$custom-light: #75bbaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#289e8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.373,
    "s": 59.596,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63257,
    "c": 0.10306,
    "h": 182.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#289E8F

secondary

#BF636F

accent

#4559E3

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #289E8F

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

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