#279A91#279A91

#279A91 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.099 H 187.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279A91
RGB	rgb(39, 154, 145)
HSL	hsl(175, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(175, 75%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.7%, 0%, 5.8%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.64, -32.97, -4.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.64, 33.25, 187.47°)
OKLab	oklab(62.27% -0.0983 -0.0122)
OKLCH	oklch(62.27% 0.099 187.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.5007, 25.5848, 30.7986)
Luminance	0.2559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279A91 #9A2730

analogous

#279A57 #279A91 #276A9A

triadic

#279A91 #91279A #9A9127

tetradic

#279A91 #57279A #9A2730 #6A9A27

square

#279A91 #57279A #9A2730 #6A9A27

split-complementary

#279A91 #9A276A #9A5727

monochromatic

#0E3835 #1B6963 #279A91 #33CBBF #64D8CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#279A91 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12

#279A91 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279A91

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279A91	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279A91	1.00	3.43	6.12	6.12
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#919191

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#818592

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279a91;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 154, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.099 187.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75b8b1',
    500: '#279a91',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279a91;
$custom-light: #75b8b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279a91",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.304,
    "s": 59.585,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62271,
    "c": 0.09903,
    "h": 187.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279A91

secondary

#BD5F67

accent

#4551E3

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F5

border

#C9D0CF

text

#0A1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #279A91

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

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