#279B97#279B97

#279B97 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.098 H 191.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279B97
RGB	rgb(39, 155, 151)
HSL	hsl(178, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(178, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.8%, 0%, 2.6%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.14, -31.68, -7.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.14, 32.44, 192.46°)
OKLab	oklab(62.74% -0.0965 -0.0195)
OKLCH	oklch(62.74% 0.098 191.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.1414, 26.1062, 33.3550)
Luminance	0.2611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279B97 #9B272B

analogous

#279B5D #279B97 #27659B

triadic

#279B97 #97279B #9B9727

tetradic

#279B97 #5D279B #9B272B #659B27

square

#279B97 #5D279B #9B272B #659B27

split-complementary

#279B97 #9B2765 #9B5D27

monochromatic

#0E3938 #1B6A67 #279B97 #33CCC7 #64D8D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#279B97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#279B97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279B97

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279B97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279B97	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)

#919397

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#818798

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A099

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279b97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 155, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.098 191.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75b9b5',
    500: '#279b97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279b97;
$custom-light: #75b9b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279b97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.931,
    "s": 59.794,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62735,
    "c": 0.09847,
    "h": 191.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279B97

secondary

#BE6063

accent

#454AE3

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #279B97

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

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