#279C91#279C91

#279C91 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.101 H 185.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279C91
RGB	rgb(39, 156, 145)
HSL	hsl(174, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(174, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(75%, 0%, 7.1%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.27, -33.90, -3.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.27, 34.07, 185.70°)
OKLab	oklab(62.79% -0.1003 -0.0097)
OKLCH	oklch(62.79% 0.101 185.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.8336, 26.2505, 30.9095)
Luminance	0.2625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279C91 #9C2732

analogous

#279C56 #279C91 #276C9C

triadic

#279C91 #91279C #9C9127

tetradic

#279C91 #56279C #9C2732 #6C9C27

square

#279C91 #56279C #9C2732 #6C9C27

split-complementary

#279C91 #9C276C #9C5627

monochromatic

#0F3A36 #1B6B63 #279C91 #34CCBE #65D8CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#279C91 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.25

#279C91 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279C91

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279C91	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279C91	1.00	3.36	6.25	6.25
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949391

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848792

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A098

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279c91;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 156, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.101 185.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75bab1',
    500: '#279c91',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279c91;
$custom-light: #75bab1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279c91",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.359,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62786,
    "c": 0.1008,
    "h": 185.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279C91

secondary

#BE6169

accent

#4554E3

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F5

border

#C9D0CF

text

#0A1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #279C91

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

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