#279C99#279C99

#279C99 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.099 H 192.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279C99
RGB	rgb(39, 156, 153)
HSL	hsl(178, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(178, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(75%, 0%, 1.9%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.51, -31.56, -7.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.51, 32.46, 193.50°)
OKLab	oklab(63.06% -0.0966 -0.0211)
OKLCH	oklch(63.06% 0.099 192.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.4723, 26.5059, 34.2734)
Luminance	0.2651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279C99 #9C272A

analogous

#279C5F #279C99 #27649C

triadic

#279C99 #99279C #9C9927

tetradic

#279C99 #5F279C #9C272A #649C27

square

#279C99 #5F279C #9C272A #649C27

split-complementary

#279C99 #9C2764 #9C5F27

monochromatic

#0F3A39 #1B6B69 #279C99 #34CCC8 #65D8D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#279C99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#279C99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279C99

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279C99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279C99	1.00	3.33	6.30	6.30
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#929499

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81889A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A19B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279c99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 156, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.099 192.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76b9b7',
    500: '#279c99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279c99;
$custom-light: #76b9b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279c99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.462,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63062,
    "c": 0.09889,
    "h": 192.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279C99

secondary

#BE6163

accent

#4549E3

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #279C99

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

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