#279A8B#279A8B

#279A8B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.101 H 182.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279A8B
RGB	rgb(39, 154, 139)
HSL	hsl(172, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(172, 75%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.7%, 0%, 9.7%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.47, -34.68, -1.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.47, 34.70, 181.91°)
OKLab	oklab(62.07% -0.1011 -0.0037)
OKLCH	oklch(62.07% 0.101 182.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.0502, 25.4046, 28.4261)
Luminance	0.2541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279A8B #9A2736

analogous

#279A51 #279A8B #276F9A

triadic

#279A8B #8B279A #9A8B27

tetradic

#279A8B #51279A #9A2736 #6F9A27

square

#279A8B #51279A #9A2736 #6F9A27

split-complementary

#279A8B #9A276F #9A5127

monochromatic

#0E3833 #1B695F #279A8B #33CBB7 #64D8C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#279A8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.08

#279A8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279A8B

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279A8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279A8B	1.00	3.45	6.08	6.08
#FFFFFF	3.45	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)

#93918A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83858C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279a8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 154, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.101 182.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b8ac',
    500: '#279a8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279a8b;
$custom-light: #74b8ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279a8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.174,
    "s": 59.585,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62072,
    "c": 0.10119,
    "h": 182.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279A8B

secondary

#BD5F6C

accent

#455AE3

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091110

muted

#7B807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #279A8B

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

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