#279A80#279A80

#279A80 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.107 H 173.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279A80
RGB	rgb(39, 154, 128)
HSL	hsl(166, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(166, 75%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.7%, 0%, 16.9%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.17, -37.68, 4.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.17, 37.97, 172.93°)
OKLab	oklab(61.73% -0.1064 0.0118)
OKLCH	oklch(61.73% 0.107 173.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.2866, 25.0991, 24.4041)
Luminance	0.2510 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279A80 #9A2741

analogous

#279A47 #279A80 #277A9A

triadic

#279A80 #80279A #9A8027

tetradic

#279A80 #47279A #9A2741 #7A9A27

square

#279A80 #47279A #9A2741 #7A9A27

split-complementary

#279A80 #9A277A #9A4727

monochromatic

#0E382F #1B6957 #279A80 #33CBA9 #64D8BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#279A80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.02

#279A80 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279A80

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279A80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279A80	1.00	3.49	6.02	6.02
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95907F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858582

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009C92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279a80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 154, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.107 173.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73b8a4',
    500: '#279a80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279a80;
$custom-light: #73b8a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279a80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.435,
    "s": 59.585,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61732,
    "c": 0.10709,
    "h": 173.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279A80

secondary

#BD5F75

accent

#4569E3

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#09110F

muted

#7B807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #279A80

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

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