#279B98#279B98

#279B98 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.098 H 192.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279B98
RGB	rgb(39, 155, 152)
HSL	hsl(178, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(178, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.8%, 0%, 1.9%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.17, -31.38, -7.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.17, 32.27, 193.48°)
OKLab	oklab(62.77% -0.096 -0.021)
OKLCH	oklch(62.77% 0.098 192.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.2229, 26.1388, 33.7846)
Luminance	0.2614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279B98 #9B272A

analogous

#279B5E #279B98 #27649B

triadic

#279B98 #98279B #9B9827

tetradic

#279B98 #5E279B #9B272A #649B27

square

#279B98 #5E279B #9B272A #649B27

split-complementary

#279B98 #9B2764 #9B5E27

monochromatic

#0E3938 #1B6A68 #279B98 #33CCC8 #64D8D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#279B98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.23

#279B98 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279B98

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279B98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279B98	1.00	3.37	6.23	6.23
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#919398

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#818799

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A09A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279b98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 155, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.098 192.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75b9b6',
    500: '#279b98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279b98;
$custom-light: #75b9b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279b98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.448,
    "s": 59.794,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6277,
    "c": 0.09831,
    "h": 192.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279B98

secondary

#BE6062

accent

#4549E3

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #279B98

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

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