#279488#279488

#279488 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.097 H 184.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279488
RGB	rgb(39, 148, 136)
HSL	hsl(173, 58%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(173, 74%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.6%, 0%, 8.1%, 42%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.47, -32.74, -2.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.47, 32.82, 184.15°)
OKLab	oklab(60.41% -0.0963 -0.0069)
OKLCH	oklch(60.41% 0.097 184.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.8684, 23.3868, 26.9656)
Luminance	0.2339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279488 #942733

analogous

#279451 #279488 #276A94

triadic

#279488 #882794 #948827

tetradic

#279488 #512794 #942733 #6A9427

square

#279488 #512794 #942733 #6A9427

split-complementary

#279488 #94276A #945127

monochromatic

#0D332F #1A645B #279488 #34C4B5 #60D5C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#279488 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.68

#279488 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279488

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279488	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279488	1.00	3.70	5.68	5.68
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D8B88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D8089

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009790

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279488;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 148, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.097 184.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73b4aa',
    500: '#279488',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279488;
$custom-light: #73b4aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279488",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.394,
    "s": 58.289,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60414,
    "c": 0.09655,
    "h": 184.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279488

secondary

#BB5C67

accent

#4657E2

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EDF6F4

border

#C8D0CE

text

#091110

muted

#7B807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #279488

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

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