#279D88#279D88

#279D88 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.106 H 177.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279D88
RGB	rgb(39, 157, 136)
HSL	hsl(169, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(169, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.2%, 0%, 13.4%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.34, -36.88, 1.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.34, 36.92, 177.17°)
OKLab	oklab(62.76% -0.1057 0.0043)
OKLCH	oklch(62.76% 0.106 177.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.3354, 26.3208, 27.4546)
Luminance	0.2632 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279D88 #9D273C

analogous

#279D4D #279D88 #27779D

triadic

#279D88 #88279D #9D8827

tetradic

#279D88 #4D279D #9D273C #779D27

square

#279D88 #4D279D #9D273C #779D27

split-complementary

#279D88 #9D2777 #9D4D27

monochromatic

#0F3B33 #1B6C5E #279D88 #35CDB2 #66D9C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#279D88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.26

#279D88 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279D88

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279D88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279D88	1.00	3.35	6.26	6.26
#FFFFFF	3.35	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)

#979387

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87878A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279d88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 157, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.106 177.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74baaa',
    500: '#279d88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279d88;
$custom-light: #74baaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279d88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.322,
    "s": 60.204,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62757,
    "c": 0.10575,
    "h": 177.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279D88

secondary

#BF6172

accent

#4461E3

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #279D88

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

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