#39979C#39979C

#39979C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.087 H 200.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#39979C
RGB	rgb(57, 151, 156)
HSL	hsl(183, 46%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(183, 63%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 3.2%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.46, -25.58, -10.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.46, 27.77, 202.91°)
OKLab	oklab(62.36% -0.0817 -0.0299)
OKLCH	oklch(62.36% 0.087 200.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.7521, 25.4014, 35.3607)
Luminance	0.2540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#39979C #9C3E39

analogous

#399C70 #39979C #39669C

triadic

#39979C #9C3997 #979C39

tetradic

#39979C #70399C #9C3E39 #669C39

square

#39979C #70399C #9C3E39 #669C39

split-complementary

#39979C #9C3966 #9C7039

monochromatic

#184042 #296C6F #39979C #52BAC0 #7FCCD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#39979C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.08

#39979C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #39979C

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##39979C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##39979C	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)

#8C909C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D859D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009C98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #39979c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(57, 151, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.087 200.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cb6b9',
    500: '#39979c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #39979c;
$custom-light: #7cb6b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#39979c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 57,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.03,
    "s": 46.479,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62362,
    "c": 0.08706,
    "h": 200.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#39979C

secondary

#BA7A77

accent

#5852D6

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #39979C

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

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