#279D8D#279D8D

#279D8D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.103 H 181.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279D8D
RGB	rgb(39, 157, 141)
HSL	hsl(172, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(172, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.2%, 0%, 10.2%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.48, -35.50, -0.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.48, 35.51, 181.32°)
OKLab	oklab(62.91% -0.1033 -0.0028)
OKLCH	oklch(62.91% 0.103 181.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.6990, 26.4662, 29.3698)
Luminance	0.2647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279D8D #9D2737

analogous

#279D52 #279D8D #27729D

triadic

#279D8D #8D279D #9D8D27

tetradic

#279D8D #52279D #9D2737 #729D27

square

#279D8D #52279D #9D2737 #729D27

split-complementary

#279D8D #9D2772 #9D5227

monochromatic

#0F3B35 #1B6C61 #279D8D #35CDB8 #66D9C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#279D8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.29

#279D8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279D8D

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279D8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279D8D	1.00	3.34	6.29	6.29
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96938C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86888E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A098

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279d8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 157, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.103 181.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75baae',
    500: '#279d8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279d8d;
$custom-light: #75baae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279d8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.864,
    "s": 60.204,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62914,
    "c": 0.1033,
    "h": 181.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279D8D

secondary

#BF616E

accent

#445AE3

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #279D8D

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

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