#279B87#279B87

#279B87 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.104 H 178.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279B87
RGB	rgb(39, 155, 135)
HSL	hsl(170, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(170, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.8%, 0%, 12.9%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.68, -36.25, 1.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.68, 36.28, 177.75°)
OKLab	oklab(62.21% -0.1041 0.0032)
OKLCH	oklch(62.21% 0.104 178.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.9290, 25.6213, 26.9702)
Luminance	0.2562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279B87 #9B273B

analogous

#279B4D #279B87 #27759B

triadic

#279B87 #87279B #9B8727

tetradic

#279B87 #4D279B #9B273B #759B27

square

#279B87 #4D279B #9B273B #759B27

split-complementary

#279B87 #9B2775 #9B4D27

monochromatic

#0E3932 #1B6A5C #279B87 #33CCB2 #64D8C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#279B87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12

#279B87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279B87

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279B87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279B87	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)

#959186

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858689

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279b87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 155, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.104 178.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b9a9',
    500: '#279b87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279b87;
$custom-light: #74b9a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279b87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.655,
    "s": 59.794,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62205,
    "c": 0.10412,
    "h": 178.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279B87

secondary

#BE6070

accent

#4560E3

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091110

muted

#7B807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #279B87

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

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