#279D9C#279D9C

#279D9C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.099 H 194.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279D9C
RGB	rgb(39, 157, 156)
HSL	hsl(179, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(179, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.2%, 0%, 0.6%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.92, -31.14, -8.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.92, 32.33, 195.56°)
OKLab	oklab(63.42% -0.0963 -0.0241)
OKLCH	oklch(63.42% 0.099 194.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.8917, 26.9433, 35.6510)
Luminance	0.2695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279D9C #9D2728

analogous

#279D61 #279D9C #27639D

triadic

#279D9C #9C279D #9D9C27

tetradic

#279D9C #61279D #9D2728 #639D27

square

#279D9C #61279D #9D2728 #639D27

split-complementary

#279D9C #9D2763 #9D6127

monochromatic

#0F3B3B #1B6C6B #279D9C #35CDCB #66D9D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#279D9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.39

#279D9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279D9C

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279D9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279D9C	1.00	3.29	6.39	6.39
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93959C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82899D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279d9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 157, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.099 194.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76bab9',
    500: '#279d9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279d9c;
$custom-light: #76bab9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279d9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.492,
    "s": 60.204,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63424,
    "c": 0.09924,
    "h": 194.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279D9C

secondary

#BF6162

accent

#4446E3

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #279D9C

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

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