#279D96#279D96

#279D96 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.100 H 188.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279D96
RGB	rgb(39, 157, 150)
HSL	hsl(176, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(176, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.2%, 0%, 4.5%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.74, -32.92, -5.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.74, 33.39, 189.55°)
OKLab	oklab(63.21% -0.099 -0.0156)
OKLCH	oklch(63.21% 0.1 188.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.3961, 26.7451, 33.0410)
Luminance	0.2675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279D96 #9D272E

analogous

#279D5B #279D96 #27699D

triadic

#279D96 #96279D #9D9627

tetradic

#279D96 #5B279D #9D272E #699D27

square

#279D96 #5B279D #9D272E #699D27

split-complementary

#279D96 #9D2769 #9D5B27

monochromatic

#0F3B38 #1B6C67 #279D96 #35CDC4 #66D9D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#279D96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.35

#279D96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279D96

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279D96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279D96	1.00	3.31	6.35	6.35
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949496

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#838897

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A19B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279d96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 157, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.100 188.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76bab4',
    500: '#279d96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279d96;
$custom-light: #76bab4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279d96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.441,
    "s": 60.204,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63213,
    "c": 0.10024,
    "h": 188.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279D96

secondary

#BF6167

accent

#444EE3

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #279D96

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

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