#279B94#279B94

#279B94 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.099 H 188.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279B94
RGB	rgb(39, 155, 148)
HSL	hsl(176, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(176, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.8%, 0%, 4.5%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.05, -32.56, -5.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.05, 33.01, 189.46°)
OKLab	oklab(62.63% -0.0979 -0.0152)
OKLCH	oklch(62.63% 0.099 188.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.9008, 26.0100, 32.0882)
Luminance	0.2601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279B94 #9B272E

analogous

#279B5A #279B94 #27689B

triadic

#279B94 #94279B #9B9427

tetradic

#279B94 #5A279B #9B272E #689B27

square

#279B94 #5A279B #9B272E #689B27

split-complementary

#279B94 #9B2768 #9B5A27

monochromatic

#0E3937 #1B6A65 #279B94 #33CCC3 #64D8D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#279B94 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#279B94 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279B94

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279B94	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279B94	1.00	3.39	6.20	6.20
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#929294

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#828695

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279b94;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 155, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.099 188.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75b9b3',
    500: '#279b94',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279b94;
$custom-light: #75b9b3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279b94",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.379,
    "s": 59.794,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62631,
    "c": 0.09908,
    "h": 188.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279B94

secondary

#BE6066

accent

#454EE3

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #279B94

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

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