#279B82#279B82

#279B82 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.107 H 174.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279B82
RGB	rgb(39, 155, 130)
HSL	hsl(167, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(167, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.8%, 0%, 16.1%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.54, -37.60, 4.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.54, 37.82, 173.82°)
OKLab	oklab(62.05% -0.1065 0.0102)
OKLCH	oklch(62.05% 0.107 174.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.5852, 25.4838, 25.1595)
Luminance	0.2549 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279B82 #9B2740

analogous

#279B48 #279B82 #277A9B

triadic

#279B82 #82279B #9B8227

tetradic

#279B82 #48279B #9B2740 #7A9B27

square

#279B82 #48279B #9B2740 #7A9B27

split-complementary

#279B82 #9B277A #9B4827

monochromatic

#0E3930 #1B6A59 #279B82 #33CCAB #64D8BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#279B82 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#279B82 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279B82

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279B82	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279B82	1.00	3.44	6.10	6.10
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959181

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868684

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279b82;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 155, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.107 174.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b9a6',
    500: '#279b82',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279b82;
$custom-light: #74b9a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279b82",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.069,
    "s": 59.794,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62054,
    "c": 0.10699,
    "h": 174.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279B82

secondary

#BE6074

accent

#4567E3

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#09110F

muted

#7B807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #279B82

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

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