#279D90#279D90

#279D90 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.102 H 183.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279D90
RGB	rgb(39, 157, 144)
HSL	hsl(173, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(173, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.2%, 0%, 8.3%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.56, -34.65, -2.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.56, 34.74, 183.95°)
OKLab	oklab(63.01% -0.1018 -0.007)
OKLCH	oklch(63.01% 0.102 183.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.9253, 26.5567, 30.5614)
Luminance	0.2656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279D90 #9D2734

analogous

#279D55 #279D90 #276F9D

triadic

#279D90 #90279D #9D9027

tetradic

#279D90 #55279D #9D2734 #6F9D27

square

#279D90 #55279D #9D2734 #6F9D27

split-complementary

#279D90 #9D276F #9D5527

monochromatic

#0F3B36 #1B6C63 #279D90 #35CDBC #66D9CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#279D90 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.31

#279D90 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279D90

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279D90	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279D90	1.00	3.33	6.31	6.31
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959490

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858891

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A099

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279d90;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 157, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.102 183.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75bab0',
    500: '#279d90',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279d90;
$custom-light: #75bab0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279d90",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.39,
    "s": 60.204,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63011,
    "c": 0.10207,
    "h": 183.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279D90

secondary

#BF616B

accent

#4456E3

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #279D90

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

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