#279B9B#279B9B

#279B9B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.098 H 194.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279B9B
RGB	rgb(39, 155, 155)
HSL	hsl(180, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(180, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.8%, 0%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.26, -30.48, -9.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.26, 31.81, 196.60°)
OKLab	oklab(62.88% -0.0947 -0.0253)
OKLCH	oklch(62.88% 0.098 194.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.4717, 26.2383, 35.0950)
Luminance	0.2624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279B9B #9B2727

analogous

#279B61 #279B9B #27619B

triadic

#279B9B #9B279B #9B9B27

tetradic

#279B9B #61279B #9B2727 #619B27

square

#279B9B #61279B #9B2727 #619B27

split-complementary

#279B9B #9B2761 #9B6127

monochromatic

#0E3939 #1B6A6A #279B9B #33CCCC #64D8D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#279B9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.25

#279B9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279B9B

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279B9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279B9B	1.00	3.36	6.25	6.25
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90939B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80879C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A09B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279b9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 155, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.098 194.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76b9b8',
    500: '#279b9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279b9b;
$custom-light: #76b9b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279b9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 59.794,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62878,
    "c": 0.098,
    "h": 194.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279B9B

secondary

#BE6060

accent

#4545E3

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #279B9B

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

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