#89D3BC is a soft, cool teal. It is too pale to lead as a primary accent and reproduces cleanly in print.
Not just a swatch — here's how #89D3BC works with other colors. Named schemes with #89D3BC in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Medium Aquamarine keeps this Nordic scheme quiet — cool greys and a soft white around it, a muted-blue support and a charcoal anchor.
Medium Aquamarine sets a calm, sun-bleached base here, wrapped in bone and paper off-whites and a soft greige, with a single ink accent for wabi-sabi restraint.
Medium Aquamarine opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
Medium Aquamarine holds the warm center of this desert palette with sand and clay beside it, a muted-sage accent and a dark-brown anchor.
Medium Aquamarine is the single accent in this high-contrast editorial system — set on near-white paper against near-black ink, with a warm grey and a desaturated tint of Medium Aquamarine carrying the quiet middle.
How #89D3BC actually behaves in design work — read from its OKLCH lightness, chroma and hue, not just its raw numbers. Ten signals to help you decide where this color earns its place.
Not a swatch to memorise — a color to build with. Here is #89D3BC at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #89D3BC;
--color-base-rgb: 137 211 188;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(81.2% 0.081 172.6);
--color-50: #F3FBF9;
--color-100: #E1F5EE;
--color-200: #C4E9DD;
--color-300: #9AD5C2;
--color-400: #73BFA7;
--color-500: #52A389;
--color-600: #447E6B;
--color-700: #355A4E;
--color-800: #253C35;
--color-900: #182521;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
medium-aquamarine: {
50: '#F3FBF9',
100: '#E1F5EE',
200: '#C4E9DD',
300: '#9AD5C2',
400: '#73BFA7',
500: '#52A389',
600: '#447E6B',
700: '#355A4E',
800: '#253C35',
900: '#182521',
},
}
$base: #89D3BC; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F3FBF9; $base-100: #E1F5EE; $base-200: #C4E9DD; $base-300: #9AD5C2; $base-400: #73BFA7; $base-500: #52A389; $base-600: #447E6B; $base-700: #355A4E; $base-800: #253C35; $base-900: #182521; $base-hover: #55C09E; $base-subtle: #DEEFEA;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#89D3BC",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F3FBF9",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#E1F5EE",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#C4E9DD",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#9AD5C2",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#73BFA7",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#52A389",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#447E6B",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#355A4E",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#253C35",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#182521",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}