#279A98#279A98

#279A98 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.098 H 193.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279A98
RGB	rgb(39, 154, 152)
HSL	hsl(179, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(179, 75%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.7%, 0%, 1.3%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.85, -30.90, -7.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.85, 31.92, 194.50°)
OKLab	oklab(62.51% -0.095 -0.0223)
OKLCH	oklch(62.51% 0.098 193.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.0572, 25.8074, 33.7293)
Luminance	0.2581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279A98 #9A2729

analogous

#279A5F #279A98 #27629A

triadic

#279A98 #98279A #9A9827

tetradic

#279A98 #5F279A #9A2729 #629A27

square

#279A98 #5F279A #9A2729 #629A27

split-complementary

#279A98 #9A2762 #9A5F27

monochromatic

#0E3838 #1B6968 #279A98 #33CBC8 #64D8D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#279A98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#279A98 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279A98

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279A98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279A98	1.00	3.41	6.16	6.16
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#909298

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F8699

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279a98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 154, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.098 193.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75b8b6',
    500: '#279a98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279a98;
$custom-light: #75b8b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279a98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.957,
    "s": 59.585,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62514,
    "c": 0.09759,
    "h": 193.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279A98

secondary

#BD5F61

accent

#4548E3

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #279A98

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

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