#279D8A#279D8A

#279D8A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.105 H 179.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279D8A
RGB	rgb(39, 157, 138)
HSL	hsl(170, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(170, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.2%, 0%, 12.1%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.39, -36.33, 0.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.39, 36.34, 178.79°)
OKLab	oklab(62.82% -0.1047 0.0014)
OKLCH	oklch(62.82% 0.105 179.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.4788, 26.3782, 28.2101)
Luminance	0.2638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279D8A #9D273A

analogous

#279D4F #279D8A #27759D

triadic

#279D8A #8A279D #9D8A27

tetradic

#279D8A #4F279D #9D273A #759D27

square

#279D8A #4F279D #9D273A #759D27

split-complementary

#279D8A #9D2775 #9D4F27

monochromatic

#0F3B34 #1B6C5F #279D8A #35CDB4 #66D9C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#279D8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.28

#279D8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279D8A

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279D8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279D8A	1.00	3.35	6.28	6.28
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#969389

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86888C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279d8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 157, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.105 179.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75baac',
    500: '#279d8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279d8a;
$custom-light: #75baac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279d8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.339,
    "s": 60.204,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62819,
    "c": 0.10471,
    "h": 179.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279D8A

secondary

#BF6170

accent

#445EE3

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #279D8A

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

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