#279989#279989

#279989 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.101 H 181.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279989
RGB	rgb(39, 153, 137)
HSL	hsl(172, 59%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(172, 75%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.5%, 0%, 10.5%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.09, -34.78, -0.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.09, 34.78, 180.93°)
OKLab	oklab(61.75% -0.101 -0.0021)
OKLCH	oklch(61.75% 0.101 181.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.7411, 25.0179, 27.6087)
Luminance	0.2502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279989 #992737

analogous

#279950 #279989 #277099

triadic

#279989 #892799 #998927

tetradic

#279989 #502799 #992737 #709927

square

#279989 #502799 #992737 #709927

split-complementary

#279989 #992770 #995027

monochromatic

#0E3732 #1B685D #279989 #33CAB5 #63D7C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#279989 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#279989 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279989

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279989	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279989	1.00	3.50	6.00	6.00
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#929088

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82848A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009C94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279989;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 153, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.101 181.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b7ab',
    500: '#279989',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279989;
$custom-light: #74b7ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279989",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.579,
    "s": 59.375,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61748,
    "c": 0.10106,
    "h": 181.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279989

secondary

#BD5F6C

accent

#455BE3

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091110

muted

#7B807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #279989

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

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