#279B9A#279B9A

#279B9A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.098 H 194.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279B9A
RGB	rgb(39, 155, 154)
HSL	hsl(179, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(179, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.8%, 0%, 0.6%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.23, -30.78, -8.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.23, 31.95, 195.55°)
OKLab	oklab(62.84% -0.0951 -0.0238)
OKLCH	oklch(62.84% 0.098 194.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.3881, 26.2049, 34.6545)
Luminance	0.2621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279B9A #9B2728

analogous

#279B60 #279B9A #27629B

triadic

#279B9A #9A279B #9B9A27

tetradic

#279B9A #60279B #9B2728 #629B27

square

#279B9A #60279B #9B2728 #629B27

split-complementary

#279B9A #9B2762 #9B6027

monochromatic

#0E3939 #1B6A69 #279B9A #33CCCA #64D8D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#279B9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.24

#279B9A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279B9A

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279B9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279B9A	1.00	3.36	6.24	6.24
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91939A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80879B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A09A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279b9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 155, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.098 194.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76b9b7',
    500: '#279b9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279b9a;
$custom-light: #76b9b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279b9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.483,
    "s": 59.794,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62842,
    "c": 0.09807,
    "h": 194.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279B9A

secondary

#BE6061

accent

#4546E3

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #279B9A

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

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