#279A89#279A89

#279A89 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.102 H 180.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279A89
RGB	rgb(39, 154, 137)
HSL	hsl(171, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(171, 75%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.7%, 0%, 11%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.41, -35.24, -0.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.41, 35.24, 180.16°)
OKLab	oklab(62.01% -0.1021 -0.0008)
OKLCH	oklch(62.01% 0.102 180.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.9054, 25.3467, 27.6635)
Luminance	0.2535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279A89 #9A2738

analogous

#279A4F #279A89 #27729A

triadic

#279A89 #89279A #9A8927

tetradic

#279A89 #4F279A #9A2738 #729A27

square

#279A89 #4F279A #9A2738 #729A27

split-complementary

#279A89 #9A2772 #9A4F27

monochromatic

#0E3832 #1B695E #279A89 #33CBB4 #64D8C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#279A89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#279A89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279A89

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279A89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279A89	1.00	3.46	6.07	6.07
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939188

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83858A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279a89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 154, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.102 180.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b8ab',
    500: '#279a89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279a89;
$custom-light: #74b8ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279a89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.13,
    "s": 59.585,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62008,
    "c": 0.10207,
    "h": 180.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279A89

secondary

#BD5F6D

accent

#455CE3

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091110

muted

#7B807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #279A89

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

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