#279C9E#279C9E

#279C9E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.098 H 196.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279C9E
RGB	rgb(39, 156, 158)
HSL	hsl(181, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(181, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 1.3%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.67, -30.05, -10.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.67, 31.73, 198.72°)
OKLab	oklab(63.24% -0.0943 -0.0283)
OKLCH	oklch(63.24% 0.098 196.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.8939, 26.6746, 36.4941)
Luminance	0.2668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279C9E #9E2927

analogous

#279E64 #279C9E #27609E

triadic

#279C9E #9E279C #9C9E27

tetradic

#279C9E #64279E #9E2927 #609E27

square

#279C9E #64279E #9E2927 #609E27

split-complementary

#279C9E #9E2760 #9E6427

monochromatic

#0F3B3C #1B6C6D #279C9E #35CBCD #66D7D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#279C9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.34

#279C9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279C9E

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279C9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279C9E	1.00	3.31	6.34	6.34
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91949E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80889F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A19C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279c9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 156, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.098 196.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76b9ba',
    500: '#279c9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279c9e;
$custom-light: #76b9ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279c9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.008,
    "s": 60.406,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63242,
    "c": 0.09848,
    "h": 196.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279C9E

secondary

#BF6362

accent

#4744E4

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #279C9E

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

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