#279D82#279D82

#279D82 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.109 H 173.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279D82
RGB	rgb(39, 157, 130)
HSL	hsl(166, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(166, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.2%, 0%, 17.2%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.18, -38.48, 4.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.18, 38.81, 172.61°)
OKLab	oklab(62.58% -0.1086 0.0126)
OKLCH	oklch(62.58% 0.109 173.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.9208, 26.1550, 25.2714)
Luminance	0.2616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279D82 #9D2742

analogous

#279D47 #279D82 #277D9D

triadic

#279D82 #82279D #9D8227

tetradic

#279D82 #47279D #9D2742 #7D9D27

square

#279D82 #47279D #9D2742 #7D9D27

split-complementary

#279D82 #9D277D #9D4727

monochromatic

#0F3B31 #1B6C59 #279D82 #35CDAA #66D9BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#279D82 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.23

#279D82 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279D82

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279D82	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279D82	1.00	3.37	6.23	6.23
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989281

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#888784

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279d82;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 157, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.109 173.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74bba6',
    500: '#279d82',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279d82;
$custom-light: #74bba6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279d82",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.271,
    "s": 60.204,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62577,
    "c": 0.1093,
    "h": 173.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279D82

secondary

#BF6177

accent

#4469E3

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#09120F

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #279D82

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

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