#279B80#279B80

#279B80 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.108 H 173.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279B80
RGB	rgb(39, 155, 128)
HSL	hsl(166, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(166, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.8%, 0%, 17.4%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.49, -38.12, 5.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.49, 38.47, 172.33°)
OKLab	oklab(62% -0.1075 0.013)
OKLCH	oklch(62% 0.108 173.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.4523, 25.4306, 24.4594)
Luminance	0.2543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279B80 #9B2742

analogous

#279B46 #279B80 #277C9B

triadic

#279B80 #80279B #9B8027

tetradic

#279B80 #46279B #9B2742 #7C9B27

square

#279B80 #46279B #9B2742 #7C9B27

split-complementary

#279B80 #9B277C #9B4627

monochromatic

#0E392F #1B6A58 #279B80 #33CCA8 #64D8BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#279B80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#279B80 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279B80

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279B80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279B80	1.00	3.45	6.09	6.09
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96917F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878582

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279b80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 155, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.108 173.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b9a4',
    500: '#279b80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279b80;
$custom-light: #74b9a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279b80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.034,
    "s": 59.794,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61995,
    "c": 0.10826,
    "h": 173.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279B80

secondary

#BE6076

accent

#456AE3

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#09110F

muted

#7B807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #279B80

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

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