#279698#279698

#279698 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.095 H 196.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279698
RGB	rgb(39, 150, 152)
HSL	hsl(181, 59%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(181, 74%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.3%, 1.3%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.59, -28.96, -9.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.59, 30.59, 198.83°)
OKLab	oklab(61.49% -0.0909 -0.0274)
OKLCH	oklch(61.49% 0.095 196.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.4080, 24.5089, 33.5129)
Luminance	0.2451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279698 #982927

analogous

#279862 #279698 #275D98

triadic

#279698 #982796 #969827

tetradic

#279698 #622798 #982927 #5D9827

square

#279698 #622798 #982927 #5D9827

split-complementary

#279698 #98275D #986227

monochromatic

#0E3637 #1B6667 #279698 #33C6C9 #63D5D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#279698 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.90

#279698 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279698

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279698	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279698	1.00	3.56	5.90	5.90
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B8F98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B8399

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009B96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279698;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 150, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.095 196.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75b5b6',
    500: '#279698',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279698;
$custom-light: #75b5b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279698",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.062,
    "s": 59.162,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61491,
    "c": 0.09497,
    "h": 196.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279698

secondary

#BC605E

accent

#4845E2

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #279698

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

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