#279C87#279C87

#279C87 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.105 H 177.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279C87
RGB	rgb(39, 156, 135)
HSL	hsl(169, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(169, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(75%, 0%, 13.5%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.99, -36.70, 1.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.99, 36.75, 177.06°)
OKLab	oklab(62.47% -0.1051 0.0044)
OKLCH	oklch(62.47% 0.105 177.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.0961, 25.9555, 27.0259)
Luminance	0.2596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279C87 #9C273C

analogous

#279C4C #279C87 #27769C

triadic

#279C87 #87279C #9C8727

tetradic

#279C87 #4C279C #9C273C #769C27

square

#279C87 #4C279C #9C273C #769C27

split-complementary

#279C87 #9C2776 #9C4C27

monochromatic

#0F3A32 #1B6B5D #279C87 #34CCB1 #65D8C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#279C87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.19

#279C87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279C87

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279C87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279C87	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)

#969286

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868789

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279c87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 156, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.105 177.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74baa9',
    500: '#279c87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279c87;
$custom-light: #74baa9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279c87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.231,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62466,
    "c": 0.1052,
    "h": 177.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279C87

secondary

#BE6171

accent

#4561E3

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091210

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #279C87

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

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