#2799A0#2799A0

#2799A0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.097 H 201.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2799A0
RGB	rgb(39, 153, 160)
HSL	hsl(183, 61%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(183, 76%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.6%, 4.4%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.80, -27.96, -12.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.80, 30.68, 204.31°)
OKLab	oklab(62.56% -0.0904 -0.0351)
OKLCH	oklch(62.56% 0.097 201.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.5703, 25.7496, 37.2423)
Luminance	0.2575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2799A0 #A02E27

analogous

#27A06B #2799A0 #275DA0

triadic

#2799A0 #A02799 #99A027

tetradic

#2799A0 #6B27A0 #A02E27 #5DA027

square

#2799A0 #6B27A0 #A02E27 #5DA027

split-complementary

#2799A0 #A0275D #A06B27

monochromatic

#0F3B3E #1B6A6F #2799A0 #36C5CE #67D3DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#2799A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#2799A0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2799A0

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2799A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2799A0	1.00	3.41	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D92A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C86A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2799a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 153, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.097 201.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76b7bc',
    500: '#2799a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2799a0;
$custom-light: #76b7bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2799a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.471,
    "s": 60.804,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62556,
    "c": 0.09697,
    "h": 201.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2799A0

secondary

#C06863

accent

#4D44E4

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #2799A0

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

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