#279994#279994

#279994 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.097 H 190.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279994
RGB	rgb(39, 153, 148)
HSL	hsl(177, 59%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(177, 75%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.5%, 0%, 3.3%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.41, -31.61, -6.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.41, 32.25, 191.38°)
OKLab	oklab(62.12% -0.0958 -0.0178)
OKLCH	oklch(62.12% 0.097 190.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.5707, 25.3498, 31.9782)
Luminance	0.2535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279994 #99272C

analogous

#27995B #279994 #276599

triadic

#279994 #942799 #999427

tetradic

#279994 #5B2799 #99272C #659927

square

#279994 #5B2799 #99272C #659927

split-complementary

#279994 #992765 #995B27

monochromatic

#0E3736 #1B6865 #279994 #33CAC3 #63D7D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#279994 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#279994 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279994

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279994	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279994	1.00	3.46	6.07	6.07
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#909194

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#808595

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279994;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 153, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.097 190.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75b7b3',
    500: '#279994',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279994;
$custom-light: #75b7b3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279994",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.368,
    "s": 59.375,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62117,
    "c": 0.09748,
    "h": 190.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279994

secondary

#BD5F63

accent

#454CE3

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #279994

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

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