#279D8B#279D8B

#279D8B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.104 H 180.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279D8B
RGB	rgb(39, 157, 139)
HSL	hsl(171, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(171, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.2%, 0%, 11.5%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.42, -36.06, 0.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.42, 36.06, 179.62°)
OKLab	oklab(62.85% -0.1042 0)
OKLCH	oklch(62.85% 0.104 180)
XYZ	xyz(17.5516, 26.4072, 28.5932)
Luminance	0.2641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279D8B #9D2739

analogous

#279D50 #279D8B #27749D

triadic

#279D8B #8B279D #9D8B27

tetradic

#279D8B #50279D #9D2739 #749D27

square

#279D8B #50279D #9D2739 #749D27

split-complementary

#279D8B #9D2774 #9D5027

monochromatic

#0F3B34 #1B6C60 #279D8B #35CDB5 #66D9C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#279D8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.28

#279D8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279D8B

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279D8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279D8B	1.00	3.34	6.28	6.28
#FFFFFF	3.34	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)

#96938A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86888D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279d8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 157, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.104 180.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75baac',
    500: '#279d8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279d8b;
$custom-light: #75baac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279d8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.847,
    "s": 60.204,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6285,
    "c": 0.10422,
    "h": 180
  },
  "luminance": 0.26409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279D8B

secondary

#BF616F

accent

#445DE3

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #279D8B

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

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