#279A8D#279A8D

#279A8D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.100 H 183.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#279A8D
RGBrgb(39, 154, 141)
HSLhsl(173, 60%, 38%)
HSVhsv(173, 75%, 60%)
CMYKcmyk(74.7%, 0%, 8.4%, 39.6%)
CIE-LABlab(57.52, -34.11, -2.21)
CIE-LCHlch(57.52, 34.19, 183.71°)
OKLaboklab(62.14% -0.1002 -0.0065)
OKLCHoklch(62.14% 0.1 183.7)
XYZxyz(17.1977, 25.4636, 29.2027)
Luminance0.2547 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#279A8D #9A2734
analogous
#279A53 #279A8D #276E9A
triadic
#279A8D #8D279A #9A8D27
tetradic
#279A8D #53279A #9A2734 #6E9A27
square
#279A8D #53279A #9A2734 #6E9A27
split-complementary
#279A8D #9A276E #9A5327
monochromatic
#0E3834 #1B6960 #279A8D #33CBBA #64D8CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45
#279A8D on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09
#279A8D on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279A8D
6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##279A8D#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##279A8D1.003.456.096.09
#FFFFFF3.451.0021.0021.00
#0000006.0921.001.001.00
##0000006.0921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#92918D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#82858E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#009D96
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #279a8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 154, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.100 183.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b8ae',
    500: '#279a8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #279a8d;
$custom-light: #74b8ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#279a8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.217,
    "s": 59.585,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62137,
    "c": 0.10037,
    "h": 183.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#279A8D
secondary
#BD5F6A
accent
#4557E3
background
#F7FBFA
surface
#EEF6F4
border
#C9D0CE
text
#091110
muted
#7B807F

Preview Lab

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#279A8D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva