#279C8E#279C8E

#279C8E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.102 H 183.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279C8E
RGB	rgb(39, 156, 142)
HSL	hsl(173, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(173, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(75%, 0%, 9%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.19, -34.76, -1.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.19, 34.80, 182.98°)
OKLab	oklab(62.69% -0.1017 -0.0054)
OKLCH	oklch(62.69% 0.102 183.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.6053, 26.1591, 29.7073)
Luminance	0.2616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279C8E #9C2735

analogous

#279C54 #279C8E #276F9C

triadic

#279C8E #8E279C #9C8E27

tetradic

#279C8E #54279C #9C2735 #6F9C27

square

#279C8E #54279C #9C2735 #6F9C27

split-complementary

#279C8E #9C276F #9C5427

monochromatic

#0F3A35 #1B6B61 #279C8E #34CCBA #65D8CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#279C8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.23

#279C8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279C8E

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279C8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279C8E	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)

#94938E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84878F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279c8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 156, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.102 183.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75baaf',
    500: '#279c8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279c8e;
$custom-light: #75baaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279c8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.821,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62687,
    "c": 0.1019,
    "h": 183.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279C8E

secondary

#BE616C

accent

#4558E3

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #279C8E

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

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