#279495#279495

#279495 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.094 H 195.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279495
RGB	rgb(39, 148, 149)
HSL	hsl(181, 59%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(181, 74%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.8%, 0.7%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.87, -28.89, -9.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.87, 30.33, 197.74°)
OKLab	oklab(60.87% -0.0902 -0.0257)
OKLCH	oklch(60.87% 0.094 195.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.8489, 23.7791, 32.1298)
Luminance	0.2378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279495 #952827

analogous

#27955F #279495 #275D95

triadic

#279495 #952794 #949527

tetradic

#279495 #5F2795 #952827 #5D9527

square

#279495 #5F2795 #952827 #5D9527

split-complementary

#279495 #95275D #955F27

monochromatic

#0E3434 #1A6464 #279495 #34C4C6 #61D5D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#279495 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#279495 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279495

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279495	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279495	1.00	3.65	5.76	5.76
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A8D95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A8196

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009994

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279495;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 148, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.094 195.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b4b4',
    500: '#279495',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279495;
$custom-light: #74b4b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279495",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.545,
    "s": 58.511,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60869,
    "c": 0.09382,
    "h": 195.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279495

secondary

#BB5E5D

accent

#4746E2

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#091111

muted

#7B8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #279495

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

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