#279A85#279A85

#279A85 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.104 H 177.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279A85
RGB	rgb(39, 154, 133)
HSL	hsl(169, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(169, 75%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.7%, 0%, 13.6%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.30, -36.34, 2.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.30, 36.40, 176.82°)
OKLab	oklab(61.88% -0.104 0.0048)
OKLCH	oklch(61.88% 0.104 177.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.6238, 25.2340, 26.1803)
Luminance	0.2524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279A85 #9A273C

analogous

#279A4B #279A85 #27769A

triadic

#279A85 #85279A #9A8527

tetradic

#279A85 #4B279A #9A273C #769A27

square

#279A85 #4B279A #9A273C #769A27

split-complementary

#279A85 #9A2776 #9A4B27

monochromatic

#0E3831 #1B695B #279A85 #33CBAF #64D8C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#279A85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#279A85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279A85

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279A85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279A85	1.00	3.47	6.05	6.05
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949084

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848587

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009C94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279a85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 154, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.104 177.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b8a8',
    500: '#279a85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279a85;
$custom-light: #74b8a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279a85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.043,
    "s": 59.585,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61883,
    "c": 0.10411,
    "h": 177.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279A85

secondary

#BD5F71

accent

#4562E3

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#09110F

muted

#7B807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #279A85

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

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