#279D85#279D85

#279D85 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.107 H 175.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279D85
RGB	rgb(39, 157, 133)
HSL	hsl(168, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(168, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.2%, 0%, 15.3%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.26, -37.69, 3.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.26, 37.84, 174.84°)
OKLab	oklab(62.67% -0.1071 0.0084)
OKLCH	oklch(62.67% 0.107 175.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.1252, 26.2367, 26.3474)
Luminance	0.2624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279D85 #9D273F

analogous

#279D4A #279D85 #277A9D

triadic

#279D85 #85279D #9D8527

tetradic

#279D85 #4A279D #9D273F #7A9D27

square

#279D85 #4A279D #9D273F #7A9D27

split-complementary

#279D85 #9D277A #9D4A27

monochromatic

#0F3B32 #1B6C5B #279D85 #35CDAE #66D9C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#279D85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.25

#279D85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279D85

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279D85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279D85	1.00	3.36	6.25	6.25
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979384

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878787

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279d85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 157, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.107 175.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74baa8',
    500: '#279d85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279d85;
$custom-light: #74baa8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279d85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.797,
    "s": 60.204,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62666,
    "c": 0.10744,
    "h": 175.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279D85

secondary

#BF6174

accent

#4465E3

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#09120F

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #279D85

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

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