#279B86#279B86

#279B86 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.105 H 177.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279B86
RGB	rgb(39, 155, 134)
HSL	hsl(169, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(169, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.8%, 0%, 13.5%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.65, -36.52, 1.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.65, 36.57, 176.94°)
OKLab	oklab(62.17% -0.1046 0.0046)
OKLCH	oklch(62.17% 0.105 177.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.8590, 25.5932, 26.6011)
Luminance	0.2560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279B86 #9B273C

analogous

#279B4C #279B86 #27769B

triadic

#279B86 #86279B #9B8627

tetradic

#279B86 #4C279B #9B273C #769B27

square

#279B86 #4C279B #9B273C #769B27

split-complementary

#279B86 #9B2776 #9B4C27

monochromatic

#0E3931 #1B6A5C #279B86 #33CCB0 #64D8C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#279B86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12

#279B86 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279B86

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279B86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279B86	1.00	3.43	6.12	6.12
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959185

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858688

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279b86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 155, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.105 177.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b9a9',
    500: '#279b86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279b86;
$custom-light: #74b9a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279b86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.138,
    "s": 59.794,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62174,
    "c": 0.10466,
    "h": 177.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279B86

secondary

#BE6071

accent

#4561E3

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#09110F

muted

#7B807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #279B86

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

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