#279A9B#279A9B

#279A9B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.097 H 195.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279A9B
RGB	rgb(39, 154, 155)
HSL	hsl(181, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(181, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.8%, 0.6%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.95, -29.99, -9.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.95, 31.48, 197.68°)
OKLab	oklab(62.62% -0.0937 -0.0266)
OKLCH	oklch(62.62% 0.097 195.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.3060, 25.9069, 35.0397)
Luminance	0.2591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279A9B #9B2827

analogous

#279B62 #279A9B #27609B

triadic

#279A9B #9B279A #9A9B27

tetradic

#279A9B #62279B #9B2827 #609B27

square

#279A9B #62279B #9B2827 #609B27

split-complementary

#279A9B #9B2760 #9B6227

monochromatic

#0E3939 #1B696A #279A9B #33CACC #64D7D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#279A9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#279A9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279A9B

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279A9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279A9B	1.00	3.40	6.18	6.18
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F929B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F869C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279a9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 154, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.097 195.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76b8b8',
    500: '#279a9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279a9b;
$custom-light: #76b8b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279a9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.517,
    "s": 59.794,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62623,
    "c": 0.09736,
    "h": 195.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279A9B

secondary

#BE6160

accent

#4645E3

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #279A9B

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

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