#279D98#279D98

#279D98 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.100 H 190.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279D98
RGB	rgb(39, 157, 152)
HSL	hsl(177, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(177, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.2%, 0%, 3.2%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.80, -32.33, -6.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.80, 33.00, 191.51°)
OKLab	oklab(63.28% -0.0981 -0.0184)
OKLCH	oklch(63.28% 0.1 190.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.5585, 26.8100, 33.8964)
Luminance	0.2681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279D98 #9D272C

analogous

#279D5D #279D98 #27679D

triadic

#279D98 #98279D #9D9827

tetradic

#279D98 #5D279D #9D272C #679D27

square

#279D98 #5D279D #9D272C #679D27

split-complementary

#279D98 #9D2767 #9D5D27

monochromatic

#0F3B39 #1B6C69 #279D98 #35CDC6 #66D9D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#279D98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#279D98 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279D98

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279D98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279D98	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)

#939598

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#838899

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A19B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279d98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 157, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.100 190.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76bab6',
    500: '#279d98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279d98;
$custom-light: #76bab6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279d98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.458,
    "s": 60.204,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63282,
    "c": 0.0998,
    "h": 190.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279D98

secondary

#BF6165

accent

#444BE3

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #279D98

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

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