#277579#277579

#277579 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.074 H 200.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#277579
RGB	rgb(39, 117, 121)
HSL	hsl(183, 51%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(183, 68%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 3.3%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.99, -21.85, -9.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.99, 23.69, 202.74°)
OKLab	oklab(51.75% -0.0698 -0.0254)
OKLCH	oklch(51.75% 0.074 200)
XYZ	xyz(10.6477, 14.5332, 20.3295)
Luminance	0.1453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#277579 #792B27

analogous

#277954 #277579 #274C79

triadic

#277579 #792775 #757927

tetradic

#277579 #542779 #792B27 #4C7927

square

#277579 #542779 #792B27 #4C7927

split-complementary

#277579 #79274C #795427

monochromatic

#091B1C #18484B #277579 #36A2A7 #53C2C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.38

#277579 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.91

#277579 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #277579

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##277579	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##277579	1.00	5.38	3.91	5.38
#FFFFFF	5.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C7079

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#606779

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007976

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #277579;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 117, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.074 200.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d9d9f',
    500: '#277579',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #277579;
$custom-light: #6d9d9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#277579",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.927,
    "s": 51.25,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51748,
    "c": 0.0743,
    "h": 200
  },
  "luminance": 0.14534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#277579

secondary

#AB5551

accent

#544DDB

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#ECF2F2

border

#C7CCCC

text

#080E0E

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #277579

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

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