#279496#279496

#279496 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.094 H 196.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279496
RGB	rgb(39, 148, 150)
HSL	hsl(181, 59%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(181, 74%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(74%, 1.3%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.90, -28.59, -9.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.90, 30.21, 198.87°)
OKLab	oklab(60.91% -0.0898 -0.0271)
OKLCH	oklch(60.91% 0.094 196.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.9291, 23.8111, 32.5520)
Luminance	0.2381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279496 #962927

analogous

#279661 #279496 #275D96

triadic

#279496 #962794 #949627

tetradic

#279496 #612796 #962927 #5D9627

square

#279496 #612796 #962927 #5D9627

split-complementary

#279496 #96275D #966127

monochromatic

#0E3435 #1A6465 #279496 #34C4C7 #61D4D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#279496 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#279496 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279496

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279496	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279496	1.00	3.64	5.76	5.76
#FFFFFF	3.64	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)

#8A8D96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#798197

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009994

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279496;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 148, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.094 196.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b4b4',
    500: '#279496',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279496;
$custom-light: #74b4b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279496",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.081,
    "s": 58.73,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60906,
    "c": 0.09378,
    "h": 196.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279496

secondary

#BC5F5D

accent

#4946E2

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#091111

muted

#7B8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #279496

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

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