#279A86#279A86

#279A86 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.104 H 178.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279A86
RGB	rgb(39, 154, 134)
HSL	hsl(170, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(170, 75%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.7%, 0%, 13%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.33, -36.07, 1.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.33, 36.10, 177.64°)
OKLab	oklab(61.91% -0.1035 0.0034)
OKLCH	oklch(61.91% 0.104 178.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.6932, 25.2618, 26.5459)
Luminance	0.2526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279A86 #9A273B

analogous

#279A4C #279A86 #27749A

triadic

#279A86 #86279A #9A8627

tetradic

#279A86 #4C279A #9A273B #749A27

square

#279A86 #4C279A #9A273B #749A27

split-complementary

#279A86 #9A2774 #9A4C27

monochromatic

#0E3831 #1B695C #279A86 #33CBB0 #64D8C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#279A86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#279A86 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279A86

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279A86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279A86	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)

#949085

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848588

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009C94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279a86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 154, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.104 178.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b8a9',
    500: '#279a86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279a86;
$custom-light: #74b8a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279a86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.565,
    "s": 59.585,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61914,
    "c": 0.10358,
    "h": 178.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279A86

secondary

#BD5F70

accent

#4560E3

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#09110F

muted

#7B807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #279A86

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

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