#279C8F#279C8F

#279C8F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.102 H 183.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279C8F
RGB	rgb(39, 156, 143)
HSL	hsl(173, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(173, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(75%, 0%, 8.3%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.22, -34.47, -2.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.22, 34.55, 183.87°)
OKLab	oklab(62.72% -0.1013 -0.0069)
OKLCH	oklch(62.72% 0.102 183.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.6807, 26.1893, 30.1045)
Luminance	0.2619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279C8F #9C2734

analogous

#279C54 #279C8F #276E9C

triadic

#279C8F #8F279C #9C8F27

tetradic

#279C8F #54279C #9C2734 #6E9C27

square

#279C8F #54279C #9C2734 #6E9C27

split-complementary

#279C8F #9C276E #9C5427

monochromatic

#0F3A35 #1B6B62 #279C8F #34CCBB #65D8CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#279C8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.24

#279C8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279C8F

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279C8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279C8F	1.00	3.37	6.24	6.24
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94938F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848790

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279c8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 156, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.102 183.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75baaf',
    500: '#279c8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279c8f;
$custom-light: #75baaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279c8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.333,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6272,
    "c": 0.10151,
    "h": 183.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279C8F

secondary

#BE616B

accent

#4556E3

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #279C8F

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

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