#279B8C#279B8C

#279B8C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.102 H 182.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279B8C
RGB	rgb(39, 155, 140)
HSL	hsl(172, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(172, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.8%, 0%, 9.7%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.81, -34.86, -1.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.81, 34.88, 182.00°)
OKLab	oklab(62.36% -0.1017 -0.0039)
OKLCH	oklch(62.36% 0.102 182.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.2894, 25.7654, 28.8679)
Luminance	0.2577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279B8C #9B2736

analogous

#279B52 #279B8C #27709B

triadic

#279B8C #8C279B #9B8C27

tetradic

#279B8C #52279B #9B2736 #709B27

square

#279B8C #52279B #9B2736 #709B27

split-complementary

#279B8C #9B2770 #9B5227

monochromatic

#0E3934 #1B6A60 #279B8C #33CCB8 #64D8C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#279B8C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#279B8C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279B8C

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279B8C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279B8C	1.00	3.41	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.41	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)

#94928B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84868D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279b8c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 155, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.102 182.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b9ad',
    500: '#279b8c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279b8c;
$custom-light: #74b9ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279b8c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.241,
    "s": 59.794,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62364,
    "c": 0.10174,
    "h": 182.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279B8C

secondary

#BE606C

accent

#4559E3

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091110

muted

#7B807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #279B8C

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

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