#279B9D#279B9D

#279B9D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.098 H 196.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279B9D
RGB	rgb(39, 155, 157)
HSL	hsl(181, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(181, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.2%, 1.3%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.33, -29.87, -10.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.33, 31.54, 198.73°)
OKLab	oklab(62.95% -0.0938 -0.0281)
OKLCH	oklch(62.95% 0.098 196.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.6411, 26.3061, 35.9869)
Luminance	0.2631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279B9D #9D2927

analogous

#279D64 #279B9D #27609D

triadic

#279B9D #9D279B #9B9D27

tetradic

#279B9D #64279D #9D2927 #609D27

square

#279B9D #64279D #9D2927 #609D27

split-complementary

#279B9D #9D2760 #9D6427

monochromatic

#0F3A3B #1B6B6C #279B9D #35CACD #66D7D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#279B9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.26

#279B9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279B9D

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279B9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279B9D	1.00	3.35	6.26	6.26
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90939D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F879E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A09B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279b9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 155, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.098 196.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76b9b9',
    500: '#279b9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279b9d;
$custom-light: #76b9b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279b9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.017,
    "s": 60.204,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62951,
    "c": 0.0979,
    "h": 196.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279B9D

secondary

#BF6361

accent

#4744E3

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #279B9D

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

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