#279C80#279C80

#279C80 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.109 H 172.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279C80
RGB	rgb(39, 156, 128)
HSL	hsl(166, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(166, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(75%, 0%, 17.9%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.81, -38.57, 5.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.81, 38.97, 171.75°)
OKLab	oklab(62.26% -0.1085 0.0142)
OKLCH	oklch(62.26% 0.109 172.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.6194, 25.7648, 24.5151)
Luminance	0.2577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279C80 #9C2743

analogous

#279C45 #279C80 #277D9C

triadic

#279C80 #80279C #9C8027

tetradic

#279C80 #45279C #9C2743 #7D9C27

square

#279C80 #45279C #9C2743 #7D9C27

split-complementary

#279C80 #9C277D #9C4527

monochromatic

#0F3A30 #1B6B58 #279C80 #34CCA8 #65D8BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#279C80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#279C80 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279C80

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279C80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279C80	1.00	3.41	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97917F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#888682

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279c80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 156, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.109 172.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74baa4',
    500: '#279c80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279c80;
$custom-light: #74baa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279c80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.641,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62257,
    "c": 0.10943,
    "h": 172.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279C80

secondary

#BE6177

accent

#456BE3

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#09120F

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #279C80

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

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