#279A90#279A90

#279A90 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.099 H 186.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279A90
RGB	rgb(39, 154, 144)
HSL	hsl(175, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(175, 75%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.7%, 0%, 6.5%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.61, -33.26, -3.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.61, 33.47, 186.51°)
OKLab	oklab(62.24% -0.0987 -0.0108)
OKLCH	oklch(62.24% 0.099 186.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.4239, 25.5541, 30.3943)
Luminance	0.2556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279A90 #9A2731

analogous

#279A57 #279A90 #276A9A

triadic

#279A90 #90279A #9A9027

tetradic

#279A90 #57279A #9A2731 #6A9A27

square

#279A90 #57279A #9A2731 #6A9A27

split-complementary

#279A90 #9A276A #9A5727

monochromatic

#0E3835 #1B6962 #279A90 #33CBBE #64D8CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#279A90 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11

#279A90 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279A90

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279A90	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279A90	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)

#929190

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#828591

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279a90;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 154, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.099 186.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75b8b0',
    500: '#279a90',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279a90;
$custom-light: #75b8b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279a90",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.783,
    "s": 59.585,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62237,
    "c": 0.09933,
    "h": 186.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279A90

secondary

#BD5F68

accent

#4553E3

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #279A90

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

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