#279596#279596

#279596 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.094 H 195.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279596
RGB	rgb(39, 149, 150)
HSL	hsl(181, 59%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(181, 74%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(74%, 0.7%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.21, -29.08, -9.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.21, 30.53, 197.73°)
OKLab	oklab(61.16% -0.0908 -0.0258)
OKLCH	oklch(61.16% 0.094 195.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.0867, 24.1262, 32.6045)
Luminance	0.2413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279596 #962827

analogous

#279660 #279596 #275D96

triadic

#279596 #962795 #959627

tetradic

#279596 #602796 #962827 #5D9627

square

#279596 #602796 #962827 #5D9627

split-complementary

#279596 #96275D #966027

monochromatic

#0E3535 #1A6565 #279596 #34C5C7 #61D5D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#279596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#279596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279596

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279596	1.00	3.60	5.83	5.83
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B8E96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B8297

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 149, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.094 195.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b4b4',
    500: '#279596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279596;
$custom-light: #74b4b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.541,
    "s": 58.73,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61162,
    "c": 0.09441,
    "h": 195.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279596

secondary

#BC5E5D

accent

#4746E2

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#091111

muted

#7B8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #279596

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

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