#279993#279993

#279993 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.098 H 189.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279993
RGB	rgb(39, 153, 147)
HSL	hsl(177, 59%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(177, 75%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.5%, 0%, 3.9%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.38, -31.91, -5.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.38, 32.44, 190.37°)
OKLab	oklab(62.08% -0.0963 -0.0164)
OKLCH	oklch(62.08% 0.098 189.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.4919, 25.3183, 31.5631)
Luminance	0.2532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279993 #99272D

analogous

#27995A #279993 #276699

triadic

#279993 #932799 #999327

tetradic

#279993 #5A2799 #99272D #669927

square

#279993 #5A2799 #99272D #669927

split-complementary

#279993 #992766 #995A27

monochromatic

#0E3735 #1B6864 #279993 #33CAC2 #63D7D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#279993 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.06

#279993 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279993

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279993	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279993	1.00	3.46	6.06	6.06
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#909193

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#808594

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279993;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 153, 147);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.098 189.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75b7b2',
    500: '#279993',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279993;
$custom-light: #75b7b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279993",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 147
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.842,
    "s": 59.375,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62082,
    "c": 0.09769,
    "h": 189.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279993

secondary

#BD5F64

accent

#454EE3

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F5

border

#C9D0CF

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #279993

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

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