#279598#279598

#279598 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.094 H 197.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279598
RGB	rgb(39, 149, 152)
HSL	hsl(182, 59%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(182, 74%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.3%, 2%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.28, -28.46, -10.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.28, 30.29, 199.97°)
OKLab	oklab(61.24% -0.0899 -0.0287)
OKLCH	oklch(61.24% 0.094 197.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.2491, 24.1912, 33.4599)
Luminance	0.2419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279598 #982A27

analogous

#279863 #279598 #275C98

triadic

#279598 #982795 #959827

tetradic

#279598 #632798 #982A27 #5C9827

square

#279598 #632798 #982A27 #5C9827

split-complementary

#279598 #98275C #986327

monochromatic

#0E3637 #1B6567 #279598 #33C5C9 #63D4D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#279598 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#279598 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279598

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279598	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279598	1.00	3.60	5.84	5.84
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A8E98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A8299

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279598;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 149, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.094 197.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75b4b6',
    500: '#279598',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279598;
$custom-light: #75b4b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279598",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.593,
    "s": 59.162,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61236,
    "c": 0.09437,
    "h": 197.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279598

secondary

#BC615E

accent

#4A45E2

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #279598

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

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