#289E9E#289E9E

#289E9E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.099 H 194.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#289E9E
RGB	rgb(40, 158, 158)
HSL	hsl(180, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(180, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.7%, 0%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.32, -30.90, -9.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.32, 32.25, 196.60°)
OKLab	oklab(63.77% -0.096 -0.0256)
OKLCH	oklch(63.77% 0.099 194.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.2707, 27.3711, 36.6086)
Luminance	0.2737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#289E9E #9E2828

analogous

#289E63 #289E9E #28639E

triadic

#289E9E #9E289E #9E9E28

tetradic

#289E9E #63289E #9E2828 #639E28

square

#289E9E #63289E #9E2828 #639E28

split-complementary

#289E9E #9E2863 #9E6328

monochromatic

#0F3C3C #1C6D6D #289E9E #37CCCC #68D9D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#289E9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#289E9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #289E9E

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##289E9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##289E9E	1.00	3.24	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93969E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82899F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #289e9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 158, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.099 194.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77bbba',
    500: '#289e9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #289e9e;
$custom-light: #77bbba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#289e9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 59.596,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6377,
    "c": 0.09936,
    "h": 194.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#289E9E

secondary

#BF6363

accent

#4545E3

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #289E9E

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

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