#89BE95

Closest named color: Dark Sea Green (#8FBC8F). oklch(75.3% 0.081 151.1), rgb(137, 190, 149).

Black text reads best on this color (9.86:1).

About this color

#89BE95 is a medium-light, moderately saturated green. In OKLCH its lightness is 75%, its chroma 0.081 and its hue 151°. Its hue sits between the warm and cool halves of the wheel. The nearest named color is Dark Sea Green (#8FBC8F), ΔE 0.009 away. Black text reads best on it, at 9.86:1.

Hue family	Greens
Lightness	medium-light (75%)
Chroma	moderately saturated (0.081)
Temperature	in between
Nearest name	Dark Sea Green (#8FBC8F)
Black text	9.86:1
White text	2.12:1

Values

HEX	#89BE95
RGB	rgb(137, 190, 149)
HSL	hsl(134, 29%, 64%)
OKLCH	oklch(75.3% 0.081 151.1)

Contrast

WCAG 2 contrast ratios are the conformance target: AA needs 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text, AAA needs 7:1. APCA Lc values are supplementary guidance from the WCAG 3 drafts.

Pair	WCAG 2	Result	APCA	APCA guidance
White text on #89BE95	2.12:1	Fails	Lc -46.4	Large or bold text, headings
Black text on #89BE95	9.86:1	AAA	Lc 62.2	Content text, not long reading
#89BE95 text on white	2.12:1	Fails	Lc 41.7	Non-text elements, placeholder text
#89BE95 text on black	9.86:1	AAA	Lc -60.5	Content text, not long reading

Tints and shades

A 50–950 scale built in OKLCH: the hue is held, lightness follows a Tailwind v4-like curve, and every step is kept inside the sRGB gamut. This color sits at step 400.

Step 50
50

#F2F7F3

oklch(97.1% 0.007 151.9)
Step 100
100

#E3EDE5

oklch(93.6% 0.015 151.8)
Step 200
200

#CCDFD0

oklch(88.5% 0.029 151.9)
Step 300
300

#AACAB0

oklch(80.8% 0.05 150.6)
Step 400
400 (this color)

#89BE95

oklch(75.3% 0.081 151.1)
Step 500
500

#579B69

oklch(63.1% 0.103 151.1)
Step 600
600

#398650

oklch(55.7% 0.113 150.9)
Step 700
700

#2A7141

oklch(49.1% 0.104 151.2)
Step 800
800

#255C36

oklch(42.7% 0.086 151.2)
Step 900
900

#234C2F

oklch(37.8% 0.068 151.4)
Step 950
950

#162C1C

oklch(26.9% 0.041 151.6)

Export this scale for Tailwind in the Tailwind colors tool

#89BE95 with color blindness

Simulated with the Machado et al. (2009) model. ΔE is how far the color moves: below about 0.02 you would not notice a change.

Vision	Seen as	Shift (ΔE)
Protanopia (no red cones)	#BFB593	0.071
Deuteranopia (no green cones)	#B6AF97	0.069
Tritanopia (no blue cones)	#81BCB3	0.044
Achromatopsia (no color)	#B2B2B2	0.081