#279898#279898

#279898 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.096 H 195.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279898
RGB	rgb(39, 152, 152)
HSL	hsl(180, 59%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(180, 74%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.3%, 0%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.22, -29.93, -8.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.22, 31.24, 196.61°)
OKLab	oklab(62% -0.093 -0.0248)
OKLCH	oklch(62% 0.096 195)
XYZ	xyz(17.7298, 25.1527, 33.6202)
Luminance	0.2515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279898 #982727

analogous

#279860 #279898 #276098

triadic

#279898 #982798 #989827

tetradic

#279898 #602798 #982727 #609827

square

#279898 #602798 #982727 #609827

split-complementary

#279898 #982760 #986027

monochromatic

#0E3737 #1B6767 #279898 #33C9C9 #63D7D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#279898 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.03

#279898 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279898

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279898	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279898	1.00	3.48	6.03	6.03
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E9098

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D8499

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279898;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 152, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.096 195.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75b7b6',
    500: '#279898',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279898;
$custom-light: #75b7b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279898",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 59.162,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62003,
    "c": 0.09623,
    "h": 195
  },
  "luminance": 0.25155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279898

secondary

#BC5E5E

accent

#4545E2

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #279898

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

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