#279798#279798

#279798 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.096 H 195.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279798
RGB	rgb(39, 151, 152)
HSL	hsl(181, 59%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(181, 74%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.3%, 0.7%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.91, -29.44, -9.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.91, 30.91, 197.71°)
OKLab	oklab(61.75% -0.0919 -0.0261)
OKLCH	oklch(61.75% 0.096 195.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.5682, 24.8294, 33.5663)
Luminance	0.2483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279798 #982827

analogous

#279861 #279798 #275F98

triadic

#279798 #982797 #979827

tetradic

#279798 #612798 #982827 #5F9827

square

#279798 #612798 #982827 #5F9827

split-complementary

#279798 #98275F #986127

monochromatic

#0E3637 #1B6767 #279798 #33C7C9 #63D6D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#279798 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.97

#279798 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279798

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279798	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279798	1.00	3.52	5.97	5.97
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D9098

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C8399

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009C97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279798;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 151, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.096 195.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75b6b6',
    500: '#279798',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279798;
$custom-light: #75b6b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279798",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.531,
    "s": 59.162,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61747,
    "c": 0.09559,
    "h": 195.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279798

secondary

#BC5F5E

accent

#4745E2

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #279798

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

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