#289E97#289E97

#289E97 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.100 H 189.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#289E97
RGB	rgb(40, 158, 151)
HSL	hsl(176, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(176, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.7%, 0%, 4.4%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.10, -32.98, -5.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.10, 33.45, 189.58°)
OKLab	oklab(63.52% -0.0992 -0.0156)
OKLCH	oklch(63.52% 0.1 189)
XYZ	xyz(18.6852, 27.1369, 33.5253)
Luminance	0.2714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#289E97 #9E282F

analogous

#289E5C #289E97 #286A9E

triadic

#289E97 #97289E #9E9728

tetradic

#289E97 #5C289E #9E282F #6A9E28

square

#289E97 #5C289E #9E282F #6A9E28

split-complementary

#289E97 #9E286A #9E5C28

monochromatic

#0F3C3A #1C6D68 #289E97 #37CCC3 #68D9D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#289E97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#289E97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #289E97

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##289E97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##289E97	1.00	3.27	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959597

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848998

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #289e97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 158, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.100 189.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76bbb5',
    500: '#289e97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #289e97;
$custom-light: #76bbb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#289e97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.441,
    "s": 59.596,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63524,
    "c": 0.10043,
    "h": 189
  },
  "luminance": 0.27139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#289E97

secondary

#BF6368

accent

#454EE3

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #289E97

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

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