#279B84#279B84

#279B84 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.106 H 176.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279B84
RGB	rgb(39, 155, 132)
HSL	hsl(168, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(168, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.8%, 0%, 14.8%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.60, -37.06, 3.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.60, 37.18, 175.35°)
OKLab	oklab(62.11% -0.1055 0.0074)
OKLCH	oklch(62.11% 0.106 176)
XYZ	xyz(16.7208, 25.5380, 25.8734)
Luminance	0.2554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279B84 #9B273E

analogous

#279B4A #279B84 #27789B

triadic

#279B84 #84279B #9B8427

tetradic

#279B84 #4A279B #9B273E #789B27

square

#279B84 #4A279B #9B273E #789B27

split-complementary

#279B84 #9B2778 #9B4A27

monochromatic

#0E3931 #1B6A5A #279B84 #33CCAE #64D8C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#279B84 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11

#279B84 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279B84

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279B84	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279B84	1.00	3.44	6.11	6.11
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959183

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868686

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279b84;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 155, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.106 176.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b9a7',
    500: '#279b84',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279b84;
$custom-light: #74b9a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279b84",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.103,
    "s": 59.794,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62114,
    "c": 0.10579,
    "h": 176
  },
  "luminance": 0.2554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279B84

secondary

#BE6073

accent

#4564E3

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#09110F

muted

#7B807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #279B84

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

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