#279B8A#279B8A

#279B8A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.103 H 180.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279B8A
RGB	rgb(39, 155, 138)
HSL	hsl(171, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(171, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.8%, 0%, 11%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.76, -35.42, -0.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.76, 35.42, 180.26°)
OKLab	oklab(62.3% -0.1026 -0.001)
OKLCH	oklch(62.3% 0.103 180.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.1432, 25.7069, 28.0983)
Luminance	0.2571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279B8A #9B2738

analogous

#279B50 #279B8A #27729B

triadic

#279B8A #8A279B #9B8A27

tetradic

#279B8A #50279B #9B2738 #729B27

square

#279B8A #50279B #9B2738 #729B27

split-complementary

#279B8A #9B2772 #9B5027

monochromatic

#0E3933 #1B6A5E #279B8A #33CCB5 #64D8C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#279B8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#279B8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279B8A

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279B8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279B8A	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)

#949189

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84868B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279b8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 155, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.103 180.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b9ac',
    500: '#279b8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279b8a;
$custom-light: #74b9ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279b8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.207,
    "s": 59.794,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.623,
    "c": 0.10264,
    "h": 180.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279B8A

secondary

#BE606E

accent

#455CE3

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091110

muted

#7B807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #279B8A

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

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