#279899#279899

#279899 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.096 H 195.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279899
RGB	rgb(39, 152, 153)
HSL	hsl(181, 59%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(181, 75%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.5%, 0.7%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.26, -29.63, -9.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.26, 31.10, 197.70°)
OKLab	oklab(62.04% -0.0925 -0.0263)
OKLCH	oklch(62.04% 0.096 195.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.8121, 25.1856, 34.0534)
Luminance	0.2519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279899 #992827

analogous

#279961 #279899 #275F99

triadic

#279899 #992798 #989927

tetradic

#279899 #612799 #992827 #5F9927

square

#279899 #612799 #992827 #5F9927

split-complementary

#279899 #99275F #996127

monochromatic

#0E3737 #1B6868 #279899 #33C8CA #63D6D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#279899 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.04

#279899 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279899

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279899	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279899	1.00	3.48	6.04	6.04
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D9099

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D849A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279899;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 152, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.096 195.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75b7b7',
    500: '#279899',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279899;
$custom-light: #75b7b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279899",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.526,
    "s": 59.375,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62039,
    "c": 0.09618,
    "h": 195.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279899

secondary

#BD605F

accent

#4745E3

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #279899

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

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