#279996#279996

#279996 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.097 H 192.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279996
RGB	rgb(39, 153, 150)
HSL	hsl(178, 59%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(178, 75%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.5%, 0%, 2%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.48, -31.02, -7.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.48, 31.89, 193.44°)
OKLab	oklab(62.19% -0.0949 -0.0207)
OKLCH	oklch(62.19% 0.097 192.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.7304, 25.4137, 32.8191)
Luminance	0.2542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279996 #99272A

analogous

#27995D #279996 #276399

triadic

#279996 #962799 #999627

tetradic

#279996 #5D2799 #99272A #639927

square

#279996 #5D2799 #99272A #639927

split-complementary

#279996 #992763 #995D27

monochromatic

#0E3736 #1B6866 #279996 #33CAC6 #63D7D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#279996 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.08

#279996 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279996

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279996	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279996	1.00	3.45	6.08	6.08
#FFFFFF	3.45	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)

#8F9196

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F8597

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279996;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 153, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.097 192.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75b7b4',
    500: '#279996',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279996;
$custom-light: #75b7b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279996",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.421,
    "s": 59.375,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62187,
    "c": 0.09714,
    "h": 192.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279996

secondary

#BD5F61

accent

#4549E3

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #279996

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

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