#279491#279491

#279491 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.094 H 192.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279491
RGB	rgb(39, 148, 145)
HSL	hsl(178, 58%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(178, 74%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.6%, 0%, 2%, 42%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.74, -30.10, -7.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.74, 30.93, 193.34°)
OKLab	oklab(60.72% -0.0921 -0.0199)
OKLCH	oklch(60.72% 0.094 192.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.5351, 23.6535, 30.4767)
Luminance	0.2366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279491 #94272A

analogous

#27945B #279491 #276194

triadic

#279491 #912794 #949127

tetradic

#279491 #5B2794 #94272A #619427

square

#279491 #5B2794 #94272A #619427

split-complementary

#279491 #942761 #945B27

monochromatic

#0D3332 #1A6462 #279491 #34C4C0 #60D5D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#279491 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#279491 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279491

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279491	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279491	1.00	3.66	5.73	5.73
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B8C91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B8192

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009893

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279491;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 148, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.094 192.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b4b1',
    500: '#279491',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279491;
$custom-light: #74b4b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279491",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.349,
    "s": 58.289,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60724,
    "c": 0.09419,
    "h": 192.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279491

secondary

#BB5C5F

accent

#464BE2

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F5

border

#C9D0CF

text

#091110

muted

#7B807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #279491

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

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