#279D9A#279D9A

#279D9A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.099 H 192.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279D9A
RGB	rgb(39, 157, 154)
HSL	hsl(178, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(178, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.2%, 0%, 1.9%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.86, -31.74, -7.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.86, 32.64, 193.52°)
OKLab	oklab(63.35% -0.0972 -0.0213)
OKLCH	oklch(63.35% 0.099 192.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.7237, 26.8761, 34.7664)
Luminance	0.2688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279D9A #9D272A

analogous

#279D5F #279D9A #27659D

triadic

#279D9A #9A279D #9D9A27

tetradic

#279D9A #5F279D #9D272A #659D27

square

#279D9A #5F279D #9D272A #659D27

split-complementary

#279D9A #9D2765 #9D5F27

monochromatic

#0F3B3A #1B6C6A #279D9A #35CDC9 #66D9D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#279D9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#279D9A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279D9A

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279D9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279D9A	1.00	3.29	6.38	6.38
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93959A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82889B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279d9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 157, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.099 192.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76bab7',
    500: '#279d9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279d9a;
$custom-light: #76bab7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279d9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.475,
    "s": 60.204,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63352,
    "c": 0.09947,
    "h": 192.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279D9A

secondary

#BF6163

accent

#4448E3

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #279D9A

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

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