#289F8F#289F8F

#289F8F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.104 H 181.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#289F8F
RGB	rgb(40, 159, 143)
HSL	hsl(172, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(172, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.8%, 0%, 10.1%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.19, -35.73, -0.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.19, 35.74, 181.46°)
OKLab	oklab(63.52% -0.104 -0.003)
OKLCH	oklch(63.52% 0.104 181.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.2287, 27.2284, 30.2762)
Luminance	0.2723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#289F8F #9F2838

analogous

#289F54 #289F8F #28749F

triadic

#289F8F #8F289F #9F8F28

tetradic

#289F8F #54289F #9F2838 #749F28

square

#289F8F #54289F #9F2838 #749F28

split-complementary

#289F8F #9F2874 #9F5428

monochromatic

#0F3D37 #1C6E63 #289F8F #37CDB9 #68D9CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#289F8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#289F8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #289F8F

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##289F8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##289F8F	1.00	3.26	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98958E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878990

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #289f8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 159, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.104 181.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76bcaf',
    500: '#289f8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #289f8f;
$custom-light: #76bcaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#289f8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.933,
    "s": 59.799,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63516,
    "c": 0.10403,
    "h": 181.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#289F8F

secondary

#BF6470

accent

#455AE3

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #289F8F

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

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