#279998#279998

#279998 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.097 H 194.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279998
RGB	rgb(39, 153, 152)
HSL	hsl(179, 59%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(179, 75%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.5%, 0%, 0.7%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.54, -30.42, -8.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.54, 31.57, 195.54°)
OKLab	oklab(62.26% -0.094 -0.0236)
OKLCH	oklch(62.26% 0.097 194.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.8928, 25.4786, 33.6745)
Luminance	0.2548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279998 #992728

analogous

#27995F #279998 #276199

triadic

#279998 #982799 #999827

tetradic

#279998 #5F2799 #992728 #619927

square

#279998 #5F2799 #992728 #619927

split-complementary

#279998 #992761 #995F27

monochromatic

#0E3737 #1B6868 #279998 #33CAC8 #63D7D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#279998 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#279998 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279998

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279998	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279998	1.00	3.44	6.10	6.10
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F9198

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E8599

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279998;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 153, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.097 194.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75b7b6',
    500: '#279998',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279998;
$custom-light: #75b7b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279998",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.474,
    "s": 59.375,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62259,
    "c": 0.09691,
    "h": 194.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279998

secondary

#BD5F60

accent

#4547E3

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #279998

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

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