#279C97#279C97

#279C97 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.099 H 190.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279C97
RGB	rgb(39, 156, 151)
HSL	hsl(177, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(177, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(75%, 0%, 3.2%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.45, -32.15, -6.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.45, 32.81, 191.48°)
OKLab	oklab(62.99% -0.0975 -0.0183)
OKLCH	oklch(62.99% 0.099 190.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.3085, 26.4404, 33.4107)
Luminance	0.2644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279C97 #9C272C

analogous

#279C5C #279C97 #27669C

triadic

#279C97 #97279C #9C9727

tetradic

#279C97 #5C279C #9C272C #669C27

square

#279C97 #5C279C #9C272C #669C27

split-complementary

#279C97 #9C2766 #9C5C27

monochromatic

#0F3A38 #1B6B68 #279C97 #34CCC6 #65D8D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#279C97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.29

#279C97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279C97

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279C97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279C97	1.00	3.34	6.29	6.29
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939497

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#828798

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A09A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279c97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 156, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.099 190.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75bab5',
    500: '#279c97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279c97;
$custom-light: #75bab5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279c97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.436,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62991,
    "c": 0.09922,
    "h": 190.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279C97

secondary

#BE6165

accent

#454BE3

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #279C97

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

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