#279C81#279C81

#279C81 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.109 H 173.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279C81
RGB	rgb(39, 156, 129)
HSL	hsl(166, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(166, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(75%, 0%, 17.3%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.84, -38.30, 5.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.84, 38.64, 172.47°)
OKLab	oklab(62.29% -0.108 0.0128)
OKLCH	oklch(62.29% 0.109 173.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.6856, 25.7913, 24.8634)
Luminance	0.2579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279C81 #9C2742

analogous

#279C46 #279C81 #277C9C

triadic

#279C81 #81279C #9C8127

tetradic

#279C81 #46279C #9C2742 #7C9C27

square

#279C81 #46279C #9C2742 #7C9C27

split-complementary

#279C81 #9C277C #9C4627

monochromatic

#0F3A30 #1B6B59 #279C81 #34CCA9 #65D8BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#279C81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#279C81 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279C81

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279C81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279C81	1.00	3.41	6.16	6.16
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979280

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878683

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279c81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 156, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.109 173.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74baa5',
    500: '#279c81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279c81;
$custom-light: #74baa5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279c81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.154,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62286,
    "c": 0.10878,
    "h": 173.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279C81

secondary

#BE6176

accent

#4569E3

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#09120F

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #279C81

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

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