#279B99#279B99

#279B99 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.098 H 193.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279B99
RGB	rgb(39, 155, 153)
HSL	hsl(179, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(179, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.8%, 0%, 1.3%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.20, -31.08, -8.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.20, 32.10, 194.51°)
OKLab	oklab(62.81% -0.0956 -0.0224)
OKLCH	oklch(62.81% 0.098 193.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.3052, 26.1717, 34.2177)
Luminance	0.2617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279B99 #9B2729

analogous

#279B5F #279B99 #27639B

triadic

#279B99 #99279B #9B9927

tetradic

#279B99 #5F279B #9B2729 #639B27

square

#279B99 #5F279B #9B2729 #639B27

split-complementary

#279B99 #9B2763 #9B5F27

monochromatic

#0E3938 #1B6A69 #279B99 #33CCC9 #64D8D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#279B99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.23

#279B99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279B99

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279B99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279B99	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)

#919399

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80879A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A09A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279b99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 155, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.098 193.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75b9b7',
    500: '#279b99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279b99;
$custom-light: #75b9b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279b99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.966,
    "s": 59.794,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62806,
    "c": 0.09818,
    "h": 193.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279B99

secondary

#BE6062

accent

#4548E3

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #279B99

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

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