#289F8B#289F8B

#289F8B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.106 H 178.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#289F8B
RGB	rgb(40, 159, 139)
HSL	hsl(170, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(170, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.8%, 0%, 12.6%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.08, -36.84, 1.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.08, 36.85, 178.14°)
OKLab	oklab(63.39% -0.1059 0.0026)
OKLCH	oklch(63.39% 0.106 178.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.9311, 27.1093, 28.7087)
Luminance	0.2711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#289F8B #9F283C

analogous

#289F50 #289F8B #28789F

triadic

#289F8B #8B289F #9F8B28

tetradic

#289F8B #50289F #9F283C #789F28

square

#289F8B #50289F #9F283C #789F28

split-complementary

#289F8B #9F2878 #9F5028

monochromatic

#0F3D36 #1C6E60 #289F8B #37CDB4 #68D9C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#289F8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#289F8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #289F8B

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##289F8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##289F8B	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)

#98958A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88898D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #289f8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 159, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.106 178.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75bcac',
    500: '#289f8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #289f8b;
$custom-light: #75bcac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#289f8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.916,
    "s": 59.799,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6339,
    "c": 0.10594,
    "h": 178.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#289F8B

secondary

#BF6473

accent

#455FE3

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #289F8B

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

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