#279D8E#279D8E

#279D8E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.103 H 182.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279D8E
RGB	rgb(39, 157, 142)
HSL	hsl(172, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(172, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.2%, 0%, 9.6%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.51, -35.22, -1.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.51, 35.24, 182.18°)
OKLab	oklab(62.95% -0.1028 -0.0042)
OKLCH	oklch(62.95% 0.103 182.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.7738, 26.4961, 29.7635)
Luminance	0.2650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279D8E #9D2736

analogous

#279D53 #279D8E #27719D

triadic

#279D8E #8E279D #9D8E27

tetradic

#279D8E #53279D #9D2736 #719D27

square

#279D8E #53279D #9D2736 #719D27

split-complementary

#279D8E #9D2771 #9D5327

monochromatic

#0F3B35 #1B6C62 #279D8E #35CDB9 #66D9CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#279D8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#279D8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279D8E

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279D8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279D8E	1.00	3.33	6.30	6.30
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95948D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85888F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A098

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279d8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 157, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.103 182.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75baaf',
    500: '#279d8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279d8e;
$custom-light: #75baaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279d8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.373,
    "s": 60.204,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62946,
    "c": 0.10287,
    "h": 182.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279D8E

secondary

#BF616D

accent

#4459E3

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #279D8E

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

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