#279990#279990

#279990 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.098 H 187.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279990
RGB	rgb(39, 153, 144)
HSL	hsl(175, 59%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(175, 75%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.5%, 0%, 5.9%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.29, -32.78, -4.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.29, 33.06, 187.41°)
OKLab	oklab(61.98% -0.0977 -0.0121)
OKLCH	oklch(61.98% 0.098 187)
XYZ	xyz(17.2596, 25.2253, 30.3395)
Luminance	0.2523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279990 #992730

analogous

#279957 #279990 #276999

triadic

#279990 #902799 #999027

tetradic

#279990 #572799 #992730 #699927

square

#279990 #572799 #992730 #699927

split-complementary

#279990 #992769 #995727

monochromatic

#0E3734 #1B6862 #279990 #33CABE #63D7CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#279990 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#279990 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279990

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279990	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279990	1.00	3.47	6.05	6.05
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#919090

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#818591

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279990;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 153, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.098 187.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b7b0',
    500: '#279990',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279990;
$custom-light: #74b7b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279990",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.263,
    "s": 59.375,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61979,
    "c": 0.09845,
    "h": 187
  },
  "luminance": 0.25227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279990

secondary

#BD5F66

accent

#4552E3

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091110

muted

#7B807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #279990

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

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