#279595#279595

#279595 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.094 H 195.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279595
RGB	rgb(39, 149, 149)
HSL	hsl(180, 59%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(180, 74%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.8%, 0%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.18, -29.38, -8.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.18, 30.66, 196.62°)
OKLab	oklab(61.12% -0.0913 -0.0244)
OKLCH	oklch(61.12% 0.094 195)
XYZ	xyz(17.0065, 24.0941, 32.1823)
Luminance	0.2410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279595 #952727

analogous

#27955E #279595 #275E95

triadic

#279595 #952795 #959527

tetradic

#279595 #5E2795 #952727 #5E9527

square

#279595 #5E2795 #952727 #5E9527

split-complementary

#279595 #95275E #955E27

monochromatic

#0E3434 #1A6464 #279595 #34C6C6 #61D6D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#279595 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.82

#279595 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279595

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279595	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279595	1.00	3.61	5.82	5.82
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B8E95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B8296

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279595;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 149, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.094 195.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b4b4',
    500: '#279595',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279595;
$custom-light: #74b4b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279595",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 58.511,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61125,
    "c": 0.09446,
    "h": 195
  },
  "luminance": 0.24096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279595

secondary

#BB5D5D

accent

#4646E2

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#091111

muted

#7B8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #279595

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

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