#279C8D#279C8D

#279C8D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.102 H 182.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279C8D
RGB	rgb(39, 156, 141)
HSL	hsl(172, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(172, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(75%, 0%, 9.6%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.16, -35.04, -1.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.16, 35.06, 182.09°)
OKLab	oklab(62.66% -0.1022 -0.004)
OKLCH	oklch(62.66% 0.102 182.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.5305, 26.1292, 29.3137)
Luminance	0.2613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279C8D #9C2736

analogous

#279C52 #279C8D #27709C

triadic

#279C8D #8D279C #9C8D27

tetradic

#279C8D #52279C #9C2736 #709C27

square

#279C8D #52279C #9C2736 #709C27

split-complementary

#279C8D #9C2770 #9C5227

monochromatic

#0F3A34 #1B6B61 #279C8D #34CCB9 #65D8CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#279C8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.23

#279C8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279C8D

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279C8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279C8D	1.00	3.37	6.23	6.23
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95938C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85878E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279c8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 156, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.102 182.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75baae',
    500: '#279c8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279c8d;
$custom-light: #75baae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279c8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.308,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62655,
    "c": 0.10231,
    "h": 182.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279C8D

secondary

#BE616D

accent

#4559E3

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #279C8D

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

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