#279B85#279B85

#279B85 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.105 H 176.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279B85
RGB	rgb(39, 155, 133)
HSL	hsl(169, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(169, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.8%, 0%, 14.2%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.62, -36.79, 2.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.62, 36.88, 176.14°)
OKLab	oklab(62.14% -0.105 0.006)
OKLCH	oklch(62.14% 0.105 176.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.7895, 25.5655, 26.2355)
Luminance	0.2557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279B85 #9B273D

analogous

#279B4B #279B85 #27779B

triadic

#279B85 #85279B #9B8527

tetradic

#279B85 #4B279B #9B273D #779B27

square

#279B85 #4B279B #9B273D #779B27

split-complementary

#279B85 #9B2777 #9B4B27

monochromatic

#0E3931 #1B6A5B #279B85 #33CCAF #64D8C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#279B85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11

#279B85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279B85

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279B85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279B85	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)

#959184

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858687

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279b85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 155, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.105 176.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b9a8',
    500: '#279b85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279b85;
$custom-light: #74b9a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279b85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.621,
    "s": 59.794,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62144,
    "c": 0.10521,
    "h": 176.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279B85

secondary

#BE6072

accent

#4563E3

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#09110F

muted

#7B807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #279B85

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

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