#39979E#39979E

#39979E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.087 H 202.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#39979E
RGB	rgb(57, 151, 158)
HSL	hsl(184, 47%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(184, 64%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 4.4%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.53, -24.98, -11.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.53, 27.65, 205.38°)
OKLab	oklab(62.44% -0.0809 -0.0328)
OKLCH	oklch(62.44% 0.087 202.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.9229, 25.4697, 36.2600)
Luminance	0.2547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#39979E #9E4039

analogous

#399E72 #39979E #39659E

triadic

#39979E #9E3997 #979E39

tetradic

#39979E #72399E #9E4039 #659E39

square

#39979E #72399E #9E4039 #659E39

split-complementary

#39979E #9E3965 #9E7239

monochromatic

#194144 #296C71 #39979E #53B9C1 #80CCD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#39979E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#39979E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #39979E

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##39979E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##39979E	1.00	3.45	6.09	6.09
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C919F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D859E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #39979e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(57, 151, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.087 202.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cb6ba',
    500: '#39979e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #39979e;
$custom-light: #7cb6ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#39979e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 57,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.158,
    "s": 46.977,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62436,
    "c": 0.08728,
    "h": 202.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#39979E

secondary

#BB7D78

accent

#5A51D7

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #39979E

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

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