#279B83#279B83

#279B83 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.106 H 175.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279B83
RGB	rgb(39, 155, 131)
HSL	hsl(168, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(168, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.8%, 0%, 15.5%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.57, -37.33, 3.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.57, 37.50, 174.58°)
OKLab	oklab(62.08% -0.106 0.0088)
OKLCH	oklch(62.08% 0.106 175.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.6527, 25.5107, 25.5147)
Luminance	0.2551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279B83 #9B273F

analogous

#279B49 #279B83 #27799B

triadic

#279B83 #83279B #9B8327

tetradic

#279B83 #49279B #9B273F #799B27

square

#279B83 #49279B #9B273F #799B27

split-complementary

#279B83 #9B2779 #9B4927

monochromatic

#0E3930 #1B6A5A #279B83 #33CCAC #64D8C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#279B83 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#279B83 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279B83

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279B83	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279B83	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)

#959182

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868685

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279b83;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 155, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.106 175.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b9a7',
    500: '#279b83',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279b83;
$custom-light: #74b9a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279b83",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.586,
    "s": 59.794,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62083,
    "c": 0.10638,
    "h": 175.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279B83

secondary

#BE6073

accent

#4566E3

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#09110F

muted

#7B807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #279B83

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

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