#279688#279688

#279688 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.098 H 182.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279688
RGB	rgb(39, 150, 136)
HSL	hsl(172, 59%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(172, 74%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(74%, 0%, 9.3%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.11, -33.67, -1.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.11, 33.70, 182.44°)
OKLab	oklab(60.93% -0.0984 -0.0044)
OKLCH	oklch(60.93% 0.098 182.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.1848, 24.0197, 27.0710)
Luminance	0.2402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279688 #962735

analogous

#279650 #279688 #276D96

triadic

#279688 #882796 #968827

tetradic

#279688 #502796 #962735 #6D9627

square

#279688 #502796 #962735 #6D9627

split-complementary

#279688 #96276D #965027

monochromatic

#0E3530 #1A655C #279688 #34C7B4 #61D6C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#279688 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#279688 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279688

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279688	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279688	1.00	3.62	5.80	5.80
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F8D88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F8289

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009992

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279688;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 150, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.098 182.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73b5aa',
    500: '#279688',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279688;
$custom-light: #73b5aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279688",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.432,
    "s": 58.73,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60935,
    "c": 0.09849,
    "h": 182.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279688

secondary

#BC5D69

accent

#465AE2

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091110

muted

#7B807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #279688

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

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