#279B95#279B95

#279B95 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.099 H 189.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279B95
RGB	rgb(39, 155, 149)
HSL	hsl(177, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(177, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.8%, 0%, 3.9%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.08, -32.27, -5.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.08, 32.81, 190.45°)
OKLab	oklab(62.67% -0.0974 -0.0167)
OKLCH	oklch(62.67% 0.099 189.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.9803, 26.0418, 32.5069)
Luminance	0.2604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279B95 #9B272D

analogous

#279B5B #279B95 #27679B

triadic

#279B95 #95279B #9B9527

tetradic

#279B95 #5B279B #9B272D #679B27

square

#279B95 #5B279B #9B272D #679B27

split-complementary

#279B95 #9B2767 #9B5B27

monochromatic

#0E3937 #1B6A66 #279B95 #33CCC4 #64D8D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#279B95 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.21

#279B95 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279B95

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279B95	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279B95	1.00	3.38	6.21	6.21
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#929395

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#818796

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279b95;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 155, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.099 189.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75b9b4',
    500: '#279b95',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279b95;
$custom-light: #75b9b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279b95",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.897,
    "s": 59.794,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62665,
    "c": 0.09885,
    "h": 189.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279B95

secondary

#BE6065

accent

#454DE3

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #279B95

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

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