#279D97#279D97

#279D97 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.100 H 189.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279D97
RGB	rgb(39, 157, 151)
HSL	hsl(177, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(177, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.2%, 0%, 3.8%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.77, -32.63, -6.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.77, 33.19, 190.53°)
OKLab	oklab(63.25% -0.0985 -0.017)
OKLCH	oklch(63.25% 0.1 189.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.4770, 26.7774, 33.4669)
Luminance	0.2678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279D97 #9D272D

analogous

#279D5C #279D97 #27689D

triadic

#279D97 #97279D #9D9727

tetradic

#279D97 #5C279D #9D272D #689D27

square

#279D97 #5C279D #9D272D #689D27

split-complementary

#279D97 #9D2768 #9D5C27

monochromatic

#0F3B39 #1B6C68 #279D97 #35CDC5 #66D9D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#279D97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#279D97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279D97

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279D97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279D97	1.00	3.30	6.36	6.36
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949497

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#838898

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A19B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279d97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 157, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.100 189.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76bab5',
    500: '#279d97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279d97;
$custom-light: #76bab5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279d97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.949,
    "s": 60.204,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63247,
    "c": 0.1,
    "h": 189.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279D97

secondary

#BF6166

accent

#444DE3

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #279D97

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

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