#279D99#279D99

#279D99 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.100 H 191.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279D99
RGB	rgb(39, 157, 153)
HSL	hsl(178, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(178, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.2%, 0%, 2.5%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.83, -32.04, -7.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.83, 32.82, 192.51°)
OKLab	oklab(63.32% -0.0976 -0.0198)
OKLCH	oklch(63.32% 0.1 191.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.6408, 26.8429, 34.3296)
Luminance	0.2685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279D99 #9D272B

analogous

#279D5E #279D99 #27669D

triadic

#279D99 #99279D #9D9927

tetradic

#279D99 #5E279D #9D272B #669D27

square

#279D99 #5E279D #9D272B #669D27

split-complementary

#279D99 #9D2766 #9D5E27

monochromatic

#0F3B39 #1B6C69 #279D99 #35CDC8 #66D9D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#279D99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.37

#279D99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279D99

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279D99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279D99	1.00	3.30	6.37	6.37
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939599

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82889A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279d99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 157, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.100 191.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76bab7',
    500: '#279d99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279d99;
$custom-light: #76bab7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279d99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.966,
    "s": 60.204,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63317,
    "c": 0.09963,
    "h": 191.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279D99

secondary

#BF6164

accent

#444AE3

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #279D99

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

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