#279995#279995

#279995 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.097 H 191.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279995
RGB	rgb(39, 153, 149)
HSL	hsl(178, 59%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(178, 75%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.5%, 0%, 2.6%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.45, -31.32, -6.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.45, 32.06, 192.41°)
OKLab	oklab(62.15% -0.0954 -0.0192)
OKLCH	oklch(62.15% 0.097 191.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.6502, 25.3816, 32.3968)
Luminance	0.2538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279995 #99272B

analogous

#27995C #279995 #276499

triadic

#279995 #952799 #999527

tetradic

#279995 #5C2799 #99272B #649927

square

#279995 #5C2799 #99272B #649927

split-complementary

#279995 #992764 #995C27

monochromatic

#0E3736 #1B6866 #279995 #33CAC4 #63D7D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#279995 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.08

#279995 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279995

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279995	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279995	1.00	3.46	6.08	6.08
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#909195

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F8596

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279995;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 153, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.097 191.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75b7b4',
    500: '#279995',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279995;
$custom-light: #75b7b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279995",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.895,
    "s": 59.375,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62152,
    "c": 0.0973,
    "h": 191.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279995

secondary

#BD5F62

accent

#454BE3

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #279995

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

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