#279B8B#279B8B

#279B8B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.102 H 181.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279B8B
RGB	rgb(39, 155, 139)
HSL	hsl(172, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(172, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.8%, 0%, 10.3%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.79, -35.14, -0.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.79, 35.15, 181.13°)
OKLab	oklab(62.33% -0.1021 -0.0024)
OKLCH	oklch(62.33% 0.102 181.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.2160, 25.7360, 28.4813)
Luminance	0.2574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279B8B #9B2737

analogous

#279B51 #279B8B #27719B

triadic

#279B8B #8B279B #9B8B27

tetradic

#279B8B #51279B #9B2737 #719B27

square

#279B8B #51279B #9B2737 #719B27

split-complementary

#279B8B #9B2771 #9B5127

monochromatic

#0E3933 #1B6A5F #279B8B #33CCB7 #64D8C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#279B8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#279B8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279B8B

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279B8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279B8B	1.00	3.42	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94928A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84868C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279b8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 155, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.102 181.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b9ac',
    500: '#279b8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279b8b;
$custom-light: #74b9ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279b8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.724,
    "s": 59.794,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62331,
    "c": 0.10218,
    "h": 181.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279B8B

secondary

#BE606D

accent

#455BE3

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091110

muted

#7B807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #279B8B

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

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