#279B8E#279B8E

#279B8E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.101 H 183.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279B8E
RGB	rgb(39, 155, 142)
HSL	hsl(173, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(173, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.8%, 0%, 8.4%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.87, -34.29, -2.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.87, 34.37, 183.79°)
OKLab	oklab(62.43% -0.1007 -0.0067)
OKLCH	oklch(62.43% 0.101 183.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.4382, 25.8249, 29.6516)
Luminance	0.2583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279B8E #9B2734

analogous

#279B54 #279B8E #276E9B

triadic

#279B8E #8E279B #9B8E27

tetradic

#279B8E #54279B #9B2734 #6E9B27

square

#279B8E #54279B #9B2734 #6E9B27

split-complementary

#279B8E #9B276E #9B5427

monochromatic

#0E3934 #1B6A61 #279B8E #33CCBB #64D8CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#279B8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#279B8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279B8E

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279B8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279B8E	1.00	3.41	6.17	6.17
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93928E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83868F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279b8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 155, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.101 183.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75b9af',
    500: '#279b8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279b8e;
$custom-light: #75b9af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279b8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.276,
    "s": 59.794,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62429,
    "c": 0.10094,
    "h": 183.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279B8E

secondary

#BE606A

accent

#4557E3

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #279B8E

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

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