#279B8D#279B8D

#279B8D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.101 H 183.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279B8D
RGB	rgb(39, 155, 141)
HSL	hsl(173, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(173, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.8%, 0%, 9%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.84, -34.58, -1.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.84, 34.62, 182.89°)
OKLab	oklab(62.4% -0.1012 -0.0053)
OKLCH	oklch(62.4% 0.101 183)
XYZ	xyz(17.3634, 25.7950, 29.2580)
Luminance	0.2580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279B8D #9B2735

analogous

#279B53 #279B8D #276F9B

triadic

#279B8D #8D279B #9B8D27

tetradic

#279B8D #53279B #9B2735 #6F9B27

square

#279B8D #53279B #9B2735 #6F9B27

split-complementary

#279B8D #9B276F #9B5327

monochromatic

#0E3934 #1B6A61 #279B8D #33CCB9 #64D8CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#279B8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#279B8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279B8D

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279B8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279B8D	1.00	3.41	6.16	6.16
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93928D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83868E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279b8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 155, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.101 183.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b9ae',
    500: '#279b8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279b8d;
$custom-light: #74b9ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279b8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.759,
    "s": 59.794,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62396,
    "c": 0.10134,
    "h": 183
  },
  "luminance": 0.25797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279B8D

secondary

#BE606B

accent

#4558E3

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #279B8D

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

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