#279D89#279D89

#279D89 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.105 H 178.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279D89
RGB	rgb(39, 157, 137)
HSL	hsl(170, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(170, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.2%, 0%, 12.7%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.37, -36.61, 1.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.37, 36.63, 177.98°)
OKLab	oklab(62.79% -0.1052 0.0029)
OKLCH	oklch(62.79% 0.105 178.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.4068, 26.3493, 27.8306)
Luminance	0.2635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279D89 #9D273B

analogous

#279D4E #279D89 #27769D

triadic

#279D89 #89279D #9D8927

tetradic

#279D89 #4E279D #9D273B #769D27

square

#279D89 #4E279D #9D273B #769D27

split-complementary

#279D89 #9D2776 #9D4E27

monochromatic

#0F3B33 #1B6C5E #279D89 #35CDB3 #66D9C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#279D89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.27

#279D89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279D89

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279D89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279D89	1.00	3.35	6.27	6.27
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#969388

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87888B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279d89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 157, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.105 178.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74baab',
    500: '#279d89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279d89;
$custom-light: #74baab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279d89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.831,
    "s": 60.204,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62788,
    "c": 0.10522,
    "h": 178.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279D89

secondary

#BF6171

accent

#445FE3

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #279D89

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

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