#279C98#279C98

#279C98 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.099 H 191.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279C98
RGB	rgb(39, 156, 152)
HSL	hsl(178, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(178, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(75%, 0%, 2.6%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.48, -31.86, -7.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.48, 32.63, 192.49°)
OKLab	oklab(63.03% -0.0971 -0.0197)
OKLCH	oklch(63.03% 0.099 191.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.3900, 26.4730, 33.8403)
Luminance	0.2647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279C98 #9C272B

analogous

#279C5D #279C98 #27659C

triadic

#279C98 #98279C #9C9827

tetradic

#279C98 #5D279C #9C272B #659C27

square

#279C98 #5D279C #9C272B #659C27

split-complementary

#279C98 #9C2765 #9C5D27

monochromatic

#0F3A39 #1B6B68 #279C98 #34CCC7 #65D8D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#279C98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.29

#279C98 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279C98

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279C98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279C98	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)

#929498

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#828799

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A19A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279c98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 156, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.099 191.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76bab6',
    500: '#279c98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279c98;
$custom-light: #76bab6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279c98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.949,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63026,
    "c": 0.09905,
    "h": 191.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279C98

secondary

#BE6164

accent

#454AE3

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #279C98

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

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