#279B89#279B89

#279B89 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.103 H 179.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279B89
RGB	rgb(39, 155, 137)
HSL	hsl(171, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(171, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.8%, 0%, 11.6%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.73, -35.70, 0.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.73, 35.70, 179.41°)
OKLab	oklab(62.27% -0.1031 0.0004)
OKLCH	oklch(62.27% 0.103 179.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.0712, 25.6781, 27.7187)
Luminance	0.2568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279B89 #9B2739

analogous

#279B4F #279B89 #27739B

triadic

#279B89 #89279B #9B8927

tetradic

#279B89 #4F279B #9B2739 #739B27

square

#279B89 #4F279B #9B2739 #739B27

split-complementary

#279B89 #9B2773 #9B4F27

monochromatic

#0E3933 #1B6A5E #279B89 #33CCB4 #64D8C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#279B89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#279B89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279B89

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279B89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279B89	1.00	3.42	6.14	6.14
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949188

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84868B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279b89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 155, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.103 179.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b9ab',
    500: '#279b89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279b89;
$custom-light: #74b9ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279b89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.69,
    "s": 59.794,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62268,
    "c": 0.10311,
    "h": 179.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279B89

secondary

#BE606F

accent

#455DE3

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091110

muted

#7B807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #279B89

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

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