#279A99#279A99

#279A99 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.097 H 194.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279A99
RGB	rgb(39, 154, 153)
HSL	hsl(179, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(179, 75%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.7%, 0%, 0.6%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.89, -30.60, -8.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.89, 31.76, 195.55°)
OKLab	oklab(62.55% -0.0946 -0.0237)
OKLCH	oklch(62.55% 0.097 194.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.1394, 25.8403, 34.1625)
Luminance	0.2584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279A99 #9A2728

analogous

#279A5F #279A99 #27629A

triadic

#279A99 #99279A #9A9927

tetradic

#279A99 #5F279A #9A2728 #629A27

square

#279A99 #5F279A #9A2728 #629A27

split-complementary

#279A99 #9A2762 #9A5F27

monochromatic

#0E3838 #1B6968 #279A99 #33CBCA #64D8D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#279A99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#279A99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279A99

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279A99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279A99	1.00	3.40	6.17	6.17
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#909299

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F869A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279a99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 154, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.097 194.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75b8b7',
    500: '#279a99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279a99;
$custom-light: #75b8b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279a99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.478,
    "s": 59.585,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6255,
    "c": 0.09749,
    "h": 194.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279A99

secondary

#BD5F60

accent

#4546E3

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #279A99

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

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