#279991#279991

#279991 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.098 H 187.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279991
RGB	rgb(39, 153, 145)
HSL	hsl(176, 59%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(176, 75%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.5%, 0%, 5.2%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.32, -32.49, -4.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.32, 32.84, 188.38°)
OKLab	oklab(62.01% -0.0972 -0.0135)
OKLCH	oklch(62.01% 0.098 187.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.3364, 25.2561, 30.7438)
Luminance	0.2526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279991 #99272F

analogous

#279958 #279991 #276899

triadic

#279991 #912799 #999127

tetradic

#279991 #582799 #99272F #689927

square

#279991 #582799 #99272F #689927

split-complementary

#279991 #992768 #995827

monochromatic

#0E3735 #1B6863 #279991 #33CABF #63D7CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#279991 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#279991 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279991

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279991	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279991	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)

#909091

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#808592

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279991;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 153, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.098 187.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b7b1',
    500: '#279991',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279991;
$custom-light: #74b7b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279991",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.789,
    "s": 59.375,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62013,
    "c": 0.09817,
    "h": 187.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279991

secondary

#BD5F65

accent

#4550E3

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F5

border

#C9D0CF

text

#0A1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #279991

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

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