#279A9F#279A9F

#279A9F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.097 H 199.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279A9F
RGB	rgb(39, 154, 159)
HSL	hsl(183, 61%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(183, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 3.1%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.08, -28.77, -11.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.08, 31.03, 202.03°)
OKLab	oklab(62.77% -0.0919 -0.0323)
OKLCH	oklch(62.77% 0.097 199.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.6475, 26.0435, 36.8383)
Luminance	0.2605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279A9F #9F2C27

analogous

#279F68 #279A9F #275E9F

triadic

#279A9F #9F279A #9A9F27

tetradic

#279A9F #68279F #9F2C27 #5E9F27

square

#279A9F #68279F #9F2C27 #5E9F27

split-complementary

#279A9F #9F275E #9F6827

monochromatic

#0F3B3D #1B6A6E #279A9F #36C7CE #67D5DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#279A9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.21

#279A9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279A9F

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279A9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279A9F	1.00	3.38	6.21	6.21
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E939F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D86A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A09B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279a9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 154, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.097 199.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76b8bb',
    500: '#279a9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279a9f;
$custom-light: #76b8bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279a9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.5,
    "s": 60.606,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62771,
    "c": 0.09739,
    "h": 199.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279A9F

secondary

#C06662

accent

#4B44E4

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #279A9F

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

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