#279588#279588

#279588 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.098 H 183.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279588
RGB	rgb(39, 149, 136)
HSL	hsl(173, 59%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(173, 74%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.8%, 0%, 8.7%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.79, -33.21, -1.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.79, 33.26, 183.29°)
OKLab	oklab(60.67% -0.0974 -0.0057)
OKLCH	oklch(60.67% 0.098 183.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.0259, 23.7019, 27.0181)
Luminance	0.2370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279588 #952734

analogous

#279551 #279588 #276B95

triadic

#279588 #882795 #958827

tetradic

#279588 #512795 #952734 #6B9527

square

#279588 #512795 #952734 #6B9527

split-complementary

#279588 #95276B #955127

monochromatic

#0E342F #1A645C #279588 #34C6B4 #61D6C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#279588 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.74

#279588 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279588

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279588	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279588	1.00	3.66	5.74	5.74
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E8C88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E8189

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009891

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279588;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 149, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.098 183.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73b5aa',
    500: '#279588',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279588;
$custom-light: #73b5aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279588",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.909,
    "s": 58.511,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60674,
    "c": 0.09752,
    "h": 183.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279588

secondary

#BB5D68

accent

#4658E2

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EDF6F4

border

#C8D0CE

text

#091110

muted

#7B807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #279588

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

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