#289E9F#289E9F

#289E9F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.099 H 195.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#289E9F
RGB	rgb(40, 158, 159)
HSL	hsl(181, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(181, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.8%, 0.6%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.35, -30.60, -9.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.35, 32.11, 197.65°)
OKLab	oklab(63.81% -0.0955 -0.0271)
OKLCH	oklch(63.81% 0.099 195.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.3571, 27.4057, 37.0638)
Luminance	0.2741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#289E9F #9F2928

analogous

#289F65 #289E9F #28639F

triadic

#289E9F #9F289E #9E9F28

tetradic

#289E9F #65289F #9F2928 #639F28

square

#289E9F #65289F #9F2928 #639F28

split-complementary

#289E9F #9F2863 #9F6528

monochromatic

#0F3D3D #1C6D6E #289E9F #37CCCD #68D8D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#289E9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#289E9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #289E9F

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##289E9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##289E9F	1.00	3.24	6.48	6.48
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93969F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#828AA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #289e9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 158, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.099 195.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77bbbb',
    500: '#289e9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #289e9f;
$custom-light: #77bbbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#289e9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.504,
    "s": 59.799,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63807,
    "c": 0.0993,
    "h": 195.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#289E9F

secondary

#BF6464

accent

#4645E3

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #289E9F

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

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