#279C86#279C86

#279C86 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.106 H 176.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279C86
RGB	rgb(39, 156, 134)
HSL	hsl(169, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(169, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(75%, 0%, 14.1%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.97, -36.97, 2.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.97, 37.05, 176.26°)
OKLab	oklab(62.43% -0.1056 0.0058)
OKLCH	oklch(62.43% 0.106 176.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.0261, 25.9275, 26.6568)
Luminance	0.2593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279C86 #9C273D

analogous

#279C4B #279C86 #27779C

triadic

#279C86 #86279C #9C8627

tetradic

#279C86 #4B279C #9C273D #779C27

square

#279C86 #4B279C #9C273D #779C27

split-complementary

#279C86 #9C2777 #9C4B27

monochromatic

#0F3A32 #1B6B5C #279C86 #34CCB0 #65D8C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#279C86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.19

#279C86 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279C86

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279C86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279C86	1.00	3.39	6.19	6.19
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#969285

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868788

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279c86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 156, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.106 176.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74baa9',
    500: '#279c86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279c86;
$custom-light: #74baa9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279c86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.718,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62435,
    "c": 0.10575,
    "h": 176.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279C86

secondary

#BE6172

accent

#4562E3

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#09120F

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #279C86

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

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