#279985#279985

#279985 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.103 H 178.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279985
RGB	rgb(39, 153, 133)
HSL	hsl(169, 59%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(169, 75%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.5%, 0%, 13.1%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.98, -35.89, 1.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.98, 35.92, 177.52°)
OKLab	oklab(61.62% -0.103 0.0036)
OKLCH	oklch(61.62% 0.103 178)
XYZ	xyz(16.4595, 24.9053, 26.1255)
Luminance	0.2491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279985 #99273B

analogous

#27994C #279985 #277499

triadic

#279985 #852799 #998527

tetradic

#279985 #4C2799 #99273B #749927

square

#279985 #4C2799 #99273B #749927

split-complementary

#279985 #992774 #994C27

monochromatic

#0E3730 #1B685B #279985 #33CAAF #63D7C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#279985 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#279985 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279985

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279985	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279985	1.00	3.51	5.98	5.98
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938F84

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#838487

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009B93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279985;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 153, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.103 178.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b8a8',
    500: '#279985',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279985;
$custom-light: #74b8a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279985",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.474,
    "s": 59.375,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61622,
    "c": 0.10302,
    "h": 178
  },
  "luminance": 0.24907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279985

secondary

#BD5F6F

accent

#4561E3

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#09110F

muted

#7B807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #279985

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

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