#279A94#279A94

#279A94 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.098 H 189.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279A94
RGB	rgb(39, 154, 148)
HSL	hsl(177, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(177, 75%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.7%, 0%, 3.9%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.73, -32.09, -5.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.73, 32.63, 190.41°)
OKLab	oklab(62.37% -0.0969 -0.0165)
OKLCH	oklch(62.37% 0.098 189.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.7351, 25.6785, 32.0330)
Luminance	0.2568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279A94 #9A272D

analogous

#279A5B #279A94 #27669A

triadic

#279A94 #94279A #9A9427

tetradic

#279A94 #5B279A #9A272D #669A27

square

#279A94 #5B279A #9A272D #669A27

split-complementary

#279A94 #9A2766 #9A5B27

monochromatic

#0E3836 #1B6965 #279A94 #33CBC3 #64D8D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#279A94 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#279A94 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279A94

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279A94	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279A94	1.00	3.42	6.14	6.14
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#919294

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#818695

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279a94;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 154, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.098 189.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75b8b3',
    500: '#279a94',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279a94;
$custom-light: #75b8b3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279a94",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.87,
    "s": 59.585,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62374,
    "c": 0.09827,
    "h": 189.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279A94

secondary

#BD5F64

accent

#454DE3

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #279A94

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

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