#279A97#279A97

#279A97 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.098 H 192.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279A97
RGB	rgb(39, 154, 151)
HSL	hsl(178, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(178, 75%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.7%, 0%, 1.9%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.82, -31.20, -7.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.82, 32.08, 193.46°)
OKLab	oklab(62.48% -0.0955 -0.0208)
OKLCH	oklch(62.48% 0.098 192.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.9756, 25.7747, 33.2998)
Luminance	0.2578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279A97 #9A272A

analogous

#279A5E #279A97 #27639A

triadic

#279A97 #97279A #9A9727

tetradic

#279A97 #5E279A #9A272A #639A27

square

#279A97 #5E279A #9A272A #639A27

split-complementary

#279A97 #9A2763 #9A5E27

monochromatic

#0E3837 #1B6967 #279A97 #33CBC7 #64D8D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#279A97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#279A97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279A97

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279A97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279A97	1.00	3.41	6.16	6.16
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#909297

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#808698

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279a97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 154, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.098 192.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75b8b5',
    500: '#279a97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279a97;
$custom-light: #75b8b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279a97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.435,
    "s": 59.585,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62479,
    "c": 0.09772,
    "h": 192.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279A97

secondary

#BD5F62

accent

#4549E3

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #279A97

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

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