#279C83#279C83

#279C83 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.108 H 174.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279C83
RGB	rgb(39, 156, 131)
HSL	hsl(167, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(167, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(75%, 0%, 16%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.89, -37.78, 4.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.89, 37.99, 173.95°)
OKLab	oklab(62.34% -0.107 0.01)
OKLCH	oklch(62.34% 0.108 174.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.8198, 25.8450, 25.5704)
Luminance	0.2585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279C83 #9C2740

analogous

#279C48 #279C83 #277B9C

triadic

#279C83 #83279C #9C8327

tetradic

#279C83 #48279C #9C2740 #7B9C27

square

#279C83 #48279C #9C2740 #7B9C27

split-complementary

#279C83 #9C277B #9C4827

monochromatic

#0F3A31 #1B6B5A #279C83 #34CCAC #65D8C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#279C83 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#279C83 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279C83

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279C83	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279C83	1.00	3.40	6.17	6.17
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#969282

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878685

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279c83;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 156, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.108 174.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74baa7',
    500: '#279c83',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279c83;
$custom-light: #74baa7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279c83",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.179,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62345,
    "c": 0.10752,
    "h": 174.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279C83

secondary

#BE6175

accent

#4567E3

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#09120F

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #279C83

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

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