#279A87#279A87

#279A87 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.103 H 178.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279A87
RGB	rgb(39, 154, 135)
HSL	hsl(170, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(170, 75%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.7%, 0%, 12.3%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.36, -35.79, 0.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.36, 35.81, 178.47°)
OKLab	oklab(61.94% -0.103 0.002)
OKLCH	oklch(61.94% 0.103 178.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.7633, 25.2898, 26.9149)
Luminance	0.2529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279A87 #9A273A

analogous

#279A4D #279A87 #27739A

triadic

#279A87 #87279A #9A8727

tetradic

#279A87 #4D279A #9A273A #739A27

square

#279A87 #4D279A #9A273A #739A27

split-complementary

#279A87 #9A2773 #9A4D27

monochromatic

#0E3831 #1B695C #279A87 #33CBB2 #64D8C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#279A87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.06

#279A87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279A87

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279A87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279A87	1.00	3.47	6.06	6.06
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939086

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848589

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279a87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 154, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.103 178.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b8a9',
    500: '#279a87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279a87;
$custom-light: #74b8a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279a87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.087,
    "s": 59.585,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61945,
    "c": 0.10306,
    "h": 178.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279A87

secondary

#BD5F6F

accent

#455FE3

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091110

muted

#7B807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #279A87

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

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