#279594#279594

#279594 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.095 H 194.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279594
RGB	rgb(39, 149, 148)
HSL	hsl(179, 59%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(179, 74%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.8%, 0%, 0.7%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.15, -29.68, -8.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.15, 30.81, 195.53°)
OKLab	oklab(61.09% -0.0917 -0.023)
OKLCH	oklch(61.09% 0.095 194)
XYZ	xyz(16.9270, 24.0623, 31.7636)
Luminance	0.2406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279594 #952728

analogous

#27955D #279594 #275F95

triadic

#279594 #942795 #959427

tetradic

#279594 #5D2795 #952728 #5F9527

square

#279594 #5D2795 #952728 #5F9527

split-complementary

#279594 #95275F #955D27

monochromatic

#0E3434 #1A6464 #279594 #34C6C4 #61D6D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#279594 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#279594 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279594

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279594	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279594	1.00	3.61	5.81	5.81
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B8D94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B8295

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279594;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 149, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.095 194.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b4b3',
    500: '#279594',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279594;
$custom-light: #74b4b3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279594",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.455,
    "s": 58.511,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61089,
    "c": 0.09455,
    "h": 194
  },
  "luminance": 0.24064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279594

secondary

#BB5D5E

accent

#4647E2

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#091111

muted

#7B8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #279594

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

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