#279699#279699

#279699 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.095 H 197.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279699
RGB	rgb(39, 150, 153)
HSL	hsl(182, 59%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(182, 75%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.5%, 2%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.63, -28.65, -10.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.63, 30.48, 199.95°)
OKLab	oklab(61.53% -0.0905 -0.0289)
OKLCH	oklch(61.53% 0.095 197.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.4902, 24.5418, 33.9461)
Luminance	0.2454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279699 #992A27

analogous

#279963 #279699 #275D99

triadic

#279699 #992796 #969927

tetradic

#279699 #632799 #992A27 #5D9927

square

#279699 #632799 #992A27 #5D9927

split-complementary

#279699 #99275D #996327

monochromatic

#0E3637 #1B6668 #279699 #33C6CA #63D4D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#279699 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.91

#279699 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279699

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279699	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279699	1.00	3.55	5.91	5.91
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B8F99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B839A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009B97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279699;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 150, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.095 197.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75b5b7',
    500: '#279699',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279699;
$custom-light: #75b5b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279699",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.579,
    "s": 59.375,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61529,
    "c": 0.09497,
    "h": 197.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279699

secondary

#BD615F

accent

#4945E3

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #279699

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

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