#279599#279599

#279599 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.094 H 198.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279599
RGB	rgb(39, 149, 153)
HSL	hsl(182, 59%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(182, 75%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.5%, 2.6%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.31, -28.16, -10.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.31, 30.18, 201.11°)
OKLab	oklab(61.27% -0.0894 -0.0302)
OKLCH	oklch(61.27% 0.094 198.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.3313, 24.2240, 33.8931)
Luminance	0.2423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279599 #992B27

analogous

#279964 #279599 #275C99

triadic

#279599 #992795 #959927

tetradic

#279599 #642799 #992B27 #5C9927

square

#279599 #642799 #992B27 #5C9927

split-complementary

#279599 #99275C #996427

monochromatic

#0E3637 #1B6668 #279599 #33C4CA #63D3D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#279599 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#279599 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279599

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279599	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279599	1.00	3.59	5.85	5.85
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A8E99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A829A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279599;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 149, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.094 198.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75b4b7',
    500: '#279599',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279599;
$custom-light: #75b4b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279599",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.105,
    "s": 59.375,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61273,
    "c": 0.0944,
    "h": 198.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279599

secondary

#BD625F

accent

#4B45E3

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #279599

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

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