#279C85#279C85

#279C85 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.106 H 176.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279C85
RGB	rgb(39, 156, 133)
HSL	hsl(168, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(168, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(75%, 0%, 14.7%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.94, -37.24, 2.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.94, 37.36, 175.48°)
OKLab	oklab(62.41% -0.1061 0.0072)
OKLCH	oklch(62.41% 0.106 176.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.9567, 25.8997, 26.2912)
Luminance	0.2590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279C85 #9C273E

analogous

#279C4A #279C85 #27789C

triadic

#279C85 #85279C #9C8527

tetradic

#279C85 #4A279C #9C273E #789C27

square

#279C85 #4A279C #9C273E #789C27

split-complementary

#279C85 #9C2778 #9C4A27

monochromatic

#0F3A32 #1B6B5B #279C85 #34CCAE #65D8C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#279C85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#279C85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279C85

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279C85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279C85	1.00	3.40	6.18	6.18
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#969284

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868787

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279c85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 156, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.106 176.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74baa8',
    500: '#279c85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279c85;
$custom-light: #74baa8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279c85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.205,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62405,
    "c": 0.10633,
    "h": 176.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279C85

secondary

#BE6173

accent

#4564E3

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#09120F

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #279C85

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

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