#279C8A#279C8A

#279C8A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.104 H 179.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279C8A
RGB	rgb(39, 156, 138)
HSL	hsl(171, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(171, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(75%, 0%, 11.5%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.08, -35.88, 0.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.08, 35.88, 179.52°)
OKLab	oklab(62.56% -0.1037 0.0002)
OKLCH	oklch(62.56% 0.104 179.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.3103, 26.0412, 28.1540)
Luminance	0.2604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279C8A #9C2739

analogous

#279C4F #279C8A #27739C

triadic

#279C8A #8A279C #9C8A27

tetradic

#279C8A #4F279C #9C2739 #739C27

square

#279C8A #4F279C #9C2739 #739C27

split-complementary

#279C8A #9C2773 #9C4F27

monochromatic

#0F3A33 #1B6B5F #279C8A #34CCB5 #65D8C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#279C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.21

#279C8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279C8A

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279C8A	1.00	3.38	6.21	6.21
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959289

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85878C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 156, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.104 179.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74baac',
    500: '#279c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279c8a;
$custom-light: #74baac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.769,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62559,
    "c": 0.10366,
    "h": 179.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279C8A

secondary

#BE616F

accent

#455DE3

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091110

muted

#7B807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #279C8A

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

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