#279D9B#279D9B

#279D9B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.099 H 193.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279D9B
RGB	rgb(39, 157, 155)
HSL	hsl(179, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(179, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.2%, 0%, 1.3%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.89, -31.44, -8.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.89, 32.48, 194.53°)
OKLab	oklab(63.39% -0.0967 -0.0227)
OKLCH	oklch(63.39% 0.099 193.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.8073, 26.9096, 35.2068)
Luminance	0.2691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279D9B #9D2729

analogous

#279D60 #279D9B #27649D

triadic

#279D9B #9B279D #9D9B27

tetradic

#279D9B #60279D #9D2729 #649D27

square

#279D9B #60279D #9D2729 #649D27

split-complementary

#279D9B #9D2764 #9D6027

monochromatic

#0F3B3A #1B6C6B #279D9B #35CDCA #66D9D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#279D9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#279D9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279D9B

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279D9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279D9B	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)

#93959B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82889C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279d9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 157, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.099 193.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76bab8',
    500: '#279d9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279d9b;
$custom-light: #76bab8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279d9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.983,
    "s": 60.204,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63388,
    "c": 0.09934,
    "h": 193.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279D9B

secondary

#BF6163

accent

#4447E3

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #279D9B

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

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