#279B91#279B91

#279B91 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.100 H 186.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279B91
RGB	rgb(39, 155, 145)
HSL	hsl(175, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(175, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.8%, 0%, 6.5%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.96, -33.44, -3.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.96, 33.66, 186.57°)
OKLab	oklab(62.53% -0.0993 -0.011)
OKLCH	oklch(62.53% 0.1 186.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.6664, 25.9162, 30.8538)
Luminance	0.2592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279B91 #9B2731

analogous

#279B57 #279B91 #276B9B

triadic

#279B91 #91279B #9B9127

tetradic

#279B91 #57279B #9B2731 #6B9B27

square

#279B91 #57279B #9B2731 #6B9B27

split-complementary

#279B91 #9B276B #9B5727

monochromatic

#0E3936 #1B6A63 #279B91 #33CCBF #64D8CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#279B91 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#279B91 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279B91

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279B91	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279B91	1.00	3.40	6.18	6.18
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939291

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#828692

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279b91;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 155, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.100 186.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75b9b1',
    500: '#279b91',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279b91;
$custom-light: #75b9b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279b91",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.828,
    "s": 59.794,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62528,
    "c": 0.0999,
    "h": 186.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279B91

secondary

#BE6068

accent

#4552E3

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F5

border

#C9D0CF

text

#0A1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #279B91

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

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