#279987#279987

#279987 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.102 H 179.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279987
RGB	rgb(39, 153, 135)
HSL	hsl(171, 59%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(171, 75%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.5%, 0%, 11.8%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.04, -35.34, 0.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.04, 35.34, 179.20°)
OKLab	oklab(61.68% -0.102 0.0007)
OKLCH	oklch(61.68% 0.102 179.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.5989, 24.9611, 26.8601)
Luminance	0.2496 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279987 #992739

analogous

#27994E #279987 #277299

triadic

#279987 #872799 #998727

tetradic

#279987 #4E2799 #992739 #729927

square

#279987 #4E2799 #992739 #729927

split-complementary

#279987 #992772 #994E27

monochromatic

#0E3731 #1B685C #279987 #33CAB2 #63D7C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#279987 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.99

#279987 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279987

5.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279987	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279987	1.00	3.50	5.99	5.99
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#929086

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#838489

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009C94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279987;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 153, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.102 179.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b8a9',
    500: '#279987',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279987;
$custom-light: #74b8a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279987",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.526,
    "s": 59.375,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61684,
    "c": 0.102,
    "h": 179.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279987

secondary

#BD5F6E

accent

#455EE3

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091110

muted

#7B807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #279987

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

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