#279C90#279C90

#279C90 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.101 H 184.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279C90
RGB	rgb(39, 156, 144)
HSL	hsl(174, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(174, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(75%, 0%, 7.7%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.24, -34.19, -2.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.24, 34.31, 184.78°)
OKLab	oklab(62.75% -0.1008 -0.0083)
OKLCH	oklch(62.75% 0.101 184.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.7568, 26.2197, 30.5052)
Luminance	0.2622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279C90 #9C2733

analogous

#279C55 #279C90 #276D9C

triadic

#279C90 #90279C #9C9027

tetradic

#279C90 #55279C #9C2733 #6D9C27

square

#279C90 #55279C #9C2733 #6D9C27

split-complementary

#279C90 #9C276D #9C5527

monochromatic

#0F3A36 #1B6B63 #279C90 #34CCBD #65D8CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#279C90 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.24

#279C90 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279C90

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279C90	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279C90	1.00	3.36	6.24	6.24
#FFFFFF	3.36	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)

#949390

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848791

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279c90;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 156, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.101 184.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75bab0',
    500: '#279c90',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279c90;
$custom-light: #75bab0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279c90",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.846,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62753,
    "c": 0.10114,
    "h": 184.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279C90

secondary

#BE616A

accent

#4555E3

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #279C90

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →