#279A88#279A88

#279A88 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.103 H 179.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279A88
RGB	rgb(39, 154, 136)
HSL	hsl(171, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(171, 75%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.7%, 0%, 11.7%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.38, -35.52, 0.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.38, 35.52, 179.31°)
OKLab	oklab(61.98% -0.1025 0.0006)
OKLCH	oklch(61.98% 0.103 179.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.8340, 25.3181, 27.2874)
Luminance	0.2532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279A88 #9A2739

analogous

#279A4F #279A88 #27729A

triadic

#279A88 #88279A #9A8827

tetradic

#279A88 #4F279A #9A2739 #729A27

square

#279A88 #4F279A #9A2739 #729A27

split-complementary

#279A88 #9A2772 #9A4F27

monochromatic

#0E3832 #1B695D #279A88 #33CBB3 #64D8C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#279A88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.06

#279A88 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279A88

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279A88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279A88	1.00	3.46	6.06	6.06
#FFFFFF	3.46	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)

#939087

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84858A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279a88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 154, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.103 179.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b8aa',
    500: '#279a88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279a88;
$custom-light: #74b8aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279a88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.609,
    "s": 59.585,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61976,
    "c": 0.10255,
    "h": 179.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279A88

secondary

#BD5F6E

accent

#455EE3

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091110

muted

#7B807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #279A88

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

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