#289E96#289E96

#289E96 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.101 H 188.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#289E96
RGB	rgb(40, 158, 150)
HSL	hsl(176, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(176, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.7%, 0%, 5.1%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.07, -33.27, -5.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.07, 33.65, 188.62°)
OKLab	oklab(63.49% -0.0997 -0.0142)
OKLCH	oklch(63.49% 0.101 188.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.6043, 27.1046, 33.0994)
Luminance	0.2711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#289E96 #9E2830

analogous

#289E5B #289E96 #286B9E

triadic

#289E96 #96289E #9E9628

tetradic

#289E96 #5B289E #9E2830 #6B9E28

square

#289E96 #5B289E #9E2830 #6B9E28

split-complementary

#289E96 #9E286B #9E5B28

monochromatic

#0F3C39 #1C6D68 #289E96 #37CCC2 #68D9D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#289E96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#289E96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #289E96

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##289E96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##289E96	1.00	3.27	6.42	6.42
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959596

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848997

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #289e96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 158, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.101 188.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76bbb4',
    500: '#289e96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #289e96;
$custom-light: #76bbb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#289e96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.932,
    "s": 59.596,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6349,
    "c": 0.10068,
    "h": 188.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#289E96

secondary

#BF6369

accent

#4550E3

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #289E96

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

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