#279799#279799

#279799 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.096 H 196.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279799
RGB	rgb(39, 151, 153)
HSL	hsl(181, 59%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(181, 75%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.5%, 1.3%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.94, -29.14, -9.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.94, 30.78, 198.81°)
OKLab	oklab(61.78% -0.0915 -0.0276)
OKLCH	oklch(61.78% 0.096 196.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.6505, 24.8623, 33.9995)
Luminance	0.2486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279799 #992927

analogous

#279962 #279799 #275E99

triadic

#279799 #992797 #979927

tetradic

#279799 #622799 #992927 #5E9927

square

#279799 #622799 #992927 #5E9927

split-complementary

#279799 #99275E #996227

monochromatic

#0E3737 #1B6768 #279799 #33C7CA #63D5D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#279799 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.97

#279799 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279799

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279799	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279799	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)

#8C9099

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C849A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009C97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279799;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 151, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.096 196.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75b6b7',
    500: '#279799',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279799;
$custom-light: #75b6b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279799",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.053,
    "s": 59.375,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61784,
    "c": 0.09556,
    "h": 196.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279799

secondary

#BD615F

accent

#4845E3

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #279799

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

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