#279A8F#279A8F

#279A8F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.100 H 185.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279A8F
RGB	rgb(39, 154, 143)
HSL	hsl(174, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(174, 75%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.7%, 0%, 7.1%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.58, -33.54, -3.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.58, 33.70, 185.56°)
OKLab	oklab(62.2% -0.0992 -0.0094)
OKLCH	oklch(62.2% 0.1 185.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.3479, 25.5236, 29.9935)
Luminance	0.2553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279A8F #9A2732

analogous

#279A56 #279A8F #276B9A

triadic

#279A8F #8F279A #9A8F27

tetradic

#279A8F #56279A #9A2732 #6B9A27

square

#279A8F #56279A #9A2732 #6B9A27

split-complementary

#279A8F #9A276B #9A5627

monochromatic

#0E3834 #1B6962 #279A8F #33CBBC #64D8CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#279A8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11

#279A8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279A8F

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279A8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279A8F	1.00	3.44	6.11	6.11
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92918F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#828590

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279a8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 154, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.100 185.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b8af',
    500: '#279a8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279a8f;
$custom-light: #74b8af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279a8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.261,
    "s": 59.585,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62203,
    "c": 0.09966,
    "h": 185.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279A8F

secondary

#BD5F68

accent

#4554E3

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #279A8F

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

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