#279D87#279D87

#279D87 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.106 H 177.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279D87
RGB	rgb(39, 157, 135)
HSL	hsl(169, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(169, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.2%, 0%, 14%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.31, -37.15, 2.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.31, 37.22, 176.38°)
OKLab	oklab(62.73% -0.1061 0.0056)
OKLCH	oklch(62.73% 0.106 177)
XYZ	xyz(17.2646, 26.2925, 27.0820)
Luminance	0.2630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279D87 #9D273D

analogous

#279D4C #279D87 #27789D

triadic

#279D87 #87279D #9D8727

tetradic

#279D87 #4C279D #9D273D #789D27

square

#279D87 #4C279D #9D273D #789D27

split-complementary

#279D87 #9D2778 #9D4C27

monochromatic

#0F3B33 #1B6C5D #279D87 #35CDB0 #66D9C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#279D87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.26

#279D87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279D87

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279D87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279D87	1.00	3.36	6.26	6.26
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979386

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878789

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279d87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 157, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.106 177.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74baa9',
    500: '#279d87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279d87;
$custom-light: #74baa9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279d87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.814,
    "s": 60.204,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62726,
    "c": 0.10629,
    "h": 177
  },
  "luminance": 0.26295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279D87

secondary

#BF6173

accent

#4462E3

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091210

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #279D87

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

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