#279C96#279C96

#279C96 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.099 H 189.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279C96
RGB	rgb(39, 156, 150)
HSL	hsl(177, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(177, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(75%, 0%, 3.8%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.42, -32.45, -6.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.42, 33.00, 190.49°)
OKLab	oklab(62.96% -0.098 -0.0168)
OKLCH	oklch(62.96% 0.099 189.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.2276, 26.4081, 32.9849)
Luminance	0.2641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279C96 #9C272D

analogous

#279C5B #279C96 #27679C

triadic

#279C96 #96279C #9C9627

tetradic

#279C96 #5B279C #9C272D #679C27

square

#279C96 #5B279C #9C272D #679C27

split-complementary

#279C96 #9C2767 #9C5B27

monochromatic

#0F3A38 #1B6B67 #279C96 #34CCC4 #65D8D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#279C96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.28

#279C96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279C96

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279C96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279C96	1.00	3.34	6.28	6.28
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939496

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#828797

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A09A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279c96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 156, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.099 189.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75bab4',
    500: '#279c96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279c96;
$custom-light: #75bab4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279c96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.923,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62956,
    "c": 0.09942,
    "h": 189.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279C96

secondary

#BE6165

accent

#454DE3

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #279C96

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

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