#279B8F#279B8F

#279B8F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.101 H 184.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279B8F
RGB	rgb(39, 155, 143)
HSL	hsl(174, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(174, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.8%, 0%, 7.7%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.90, -34.01, -2.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.90, 34.12, 184.71°)
OKLab	oklab(62.46% -0.1003 -0.0081)
OKLCH	oklch(62.46% 0.101 184.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.5136, 25.8551, 30.0488)
Luminance	0.2586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279B8F #9B2733

analogous

#279B55 #279B8F #276D9B

triadic

#279B8F #8F279B #9B8F27

tetradic

#279B8F #55279B #9B2733 #6D9B27

square

#279B8F #55279B #9B2733 #6D9B27

split-complementary

#279B8F #9B276D #9B5527

monochromatic

#0E3935 #1B6A62 #279B8F #33CCBC #64D8CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#279B8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#279B8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279B8F

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279B8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279B8F	1.00	3.40	6.17	6.17
#FFFFFF	3.40	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)

#93928F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#838690

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279b8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 155, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.101 184.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75b9af',
    500: '#279b8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279b8f;
$custom-light: #75b9af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279b8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.793,
    "s": 59.794,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62462,
    "c": 0.10058,
    "h": 184.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279B8F

secondary

#BE606A

accent

#4555E3

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #279B8F

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

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