#279B96#279B96

#279B96 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.099 H 190.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279B96
RGB	rgb(39, 155, 150)
HSL	hsl(177, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(177, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.8%, 0%, 3.2%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.11, -31.97, -6.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.11, 32.62, 191.45°)
OKLab	oklab(62.7% -0.097 -0.0181)
OKLCH	oklch(62.7% 0.099 190.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.0605, 26.0739, 32.9291)
Luminance	0.2608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279B96 #9B272C

analogous

#279B5C #279B96 #27669B

triadic

#279B96 #96279B #9B9627

tetradic

#279B96 #5C279B #9B272C #669B27

square

#279B96 #5C279B #9B272C #669B27

split-complementary

#279B96 #9B2766 #9B5C27

monochromatic

#0E3937 #1B6A67 #279B96 #33CCC5 #64D8D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#279B96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#279B96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279B96

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279B96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279B96	1.00	3.38	6.22	6.22
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#929396

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#818797

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279b96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 155, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.099 190.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75b9b4',
    500: '#279b96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279b96;
$custom-light: #75b9b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279b96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.414,
    "s": 59.794,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.627,
    "c": 0.09865,
    "h": 190.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279B96

secondary

#BE6064

accent

#454CE3

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #279B96

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

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