#279A8E#279A8E

#279A8E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.100 H 184.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279A8E
RGB	rgb(39, 154, 142)
HSL	hsl(174, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(174, 75%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.7%, 0%, 7.8%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.55, -33.83, -2.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.55, 33.94, 184.63°)
OKLab	oklab(62.17% -0.0997 -0.0079)
OKLCH	oklch(62.17% 0.1 184.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.2724, 25.4935, 29.5964)
Luminance	0.2550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279A8E #9A2733

analogous

#279A54 #279A8E #276C9A

triadic

#279A8E #8E279A #9A8E27

tetradic

#279A8E #54279A #9A2733 #6C9A27

square

#279A8E #54279A #9A2733 #6C9A27

split-complementary

#279A8E #9A276C #9A5427

monochromatic

#0E3834 #1B6961 #279A8E #33CBBB #64D8CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#279A8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#279A8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279A8E

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279A8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279A8E	1.00	3.44	6.10	6.10
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92918E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82858F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279a8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 154, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.100 184.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b8af',
    500: '#279a8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279a8e;
$custom-light: #74b8af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279a8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.739,
    "s": 59.585,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6217,
    "c": 0.10001,
    "h": 184.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279A8E

secondary

#BD5F69

accent

#4556E3

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091110

muted

#7B807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #279A8E

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

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