#279A8A#279A8A

#279A8A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.102 H 181.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279A8A
RGB	rgb(39, 154, 138)
HSL	hsl(172, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(172, 75%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.7%, 0%, 10.4%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.44, -34.96, -0.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.44, 34.97, 181.03°)
OKLab	oklab(62.04% -0.1016 -0.0023)
OKLCH	oklch(62.04% 0.102 181.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.9775, 25.3755, 28.0430)
Luminance	0.2538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279A8A #9A2737

analogous

#279A50 #279A8A #27709A

triadic

#279A8A #8A279A #9A8A27

tetradic

#279A8A #50279A #9A2737 #709A27

square

#279A8A #50279A #9A2737 #709A27

split-complementary

#279A8A #9A2770 #9A5027

monochromatic

#0E3832 #1B695E #279A8A #33CBB6 #64D8C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#279A8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.08

#279A8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279A8A

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279A8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279A8A	1.00	3.46	6.08	6.08
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939189

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83858B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279a8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 154, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.102 181.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b8ac',
    500: '#279a8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279a8a;
$custom-light: #74b8ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279a8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.652,
    "s": 59.585,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6204,
    "c": 0.10162,
    "h": 181.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279A8A

secondary

#BD5F6D

accent

#455BE3

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091110

muted

#7B807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #279A8A

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

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