#299E8B#299E8B

#299E8B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.105 H 179.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#299E8B
RGB	rgb(41, 158, 139)
HSL	hsl(170, 59%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(170, 74%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.1%, 0%, 12%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.78, -36.25, 0.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.78, 36.26, 178.80°)
OKLab	oklab(63.15% -0.1045 0.0014)
OKLCH	oklch(63.15% 0.105 179.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.7992, 26.7871, 28.6534)
Luminance	0.2679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#299E8B #9E293C

analogous

#299E50 #299E8B #29779E

triadic

#299E8B #8B299E #9E8B29

tetradic

#299E8B #50299E #9E293C #779E29

square

#299E8B #50299E #9E293C #779E29

split-complementary

#299E8B #9E2977 #9E5029

monochromatic

#103D36 #1C6D60 #299E8B #39CCB4 #69D8C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#299E8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#299E8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #299E8B

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##299E8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##299E8B	1.00	3.30	6.36	6.36
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97948A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87898D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #299e8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(41, 158, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.105 179.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75bbac',
    500: '#299e8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #299e8b;
$custom-light: #75bbac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#299e8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 41,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.256,
    "s": 58.794,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63151,
    "c": 0.10451,
    "h": 179.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#299E8B

secondary

#BF6473

accent

#465FE2

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #299E8B

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

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