#279A96#279A96

#279A96 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.098 H 191.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279A96
RGB	rgb(39, 154, 150)
HSL	hsl(178, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(178, 75%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.7%, 0%, 2.6%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.79, -31.50, -6.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.79, 32.25, 192.43°)
OKLab	oklab(62.44% -0.0959 -0.0194)
OKLCH	oklch(62.44% 0.098 191.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.8948, 25.7424, 32.8739)
Luminance	0.2575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279A96 #9A272B

analogous

#279A5C #279A96 #27649A

triadic

#279A96 #96279A #9A9627

tetradic

#279A96 #5C279A #9A272B #649A27

square

#279A96 #5C279A #9A272B #649A27

split-complementary

#279A96 #9A2764 #9A5C27

monochromatic

#0E3837 #1B6966 #279A96 #33CBC6 #64D8D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#279A96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#279A96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279A96

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279A96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279A96	1.00	3.42	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#909296

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#808697

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279a96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 154, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.098 191.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75b8b4',
    500: '#279a96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279a96;
$custom-light: #75b8b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279a96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.913,
    "s": 59.585,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62443,
    "c": 0.09788,
    "h": 191.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279A96

secondary

#BD5F63

accent

#454BE3

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #279A96

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

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