#279D91#279D91

#279D91 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.102 H 184.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279D91
RGB	rgb(39, 157, 145)
HSL	hsl(174, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(174, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.2%, 0%, 7.6%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.59, -34.37, -2.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.59, 34.49, 184.86°)
OKLab	oklab(63.04% -0.1014 -0.0084)
OKLCH	oklch(63.04% 0.102 184.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.0020, 26.5874, 30.9657)
Luminance	0.2659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279D91 #9D2733

analogous

#279D56 #279D91 #276E9D

triadic

#279D91 #91279D #9D9127

tetradic

#279D91 #56279D #9D2733 #6E9D27

square

#279D91 #56279D #9D2733 #6E9D27

split-complementary

#279D91 #9D276E #9D5627

monochromatic

#0F3B36 #1B6C64 #279D91 #35CDBD #66D9CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#279D91 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.32

#279D91 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279D91

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279D91	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279D91	1.00	3.32	6.32	6.32
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959491

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858892

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A199

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279d91;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 157, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.102 184.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75bab1',
    500: '#279d91',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279d91;
$custom-light: #75bab1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279d91",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.898,
    "s": 60.204,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63044,
    "c": 0.10171,
    "h": 184.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279D91

secondary

#BF616B

accent

#4455E3

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F5

border

#C9D0CF

text

#0A1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #279D91

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

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