#279D9D#279D9D

#279D9D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.099 H 194.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279D9D
RGB	rgb(39, 157, 157)
HSL	hsl(180, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(180, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.2%, 0%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.95, -30.84, -9.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.95, 32.18, 196.60°)
OKLab	oklab(63.46% -0.0958 -0.0256)
OKLCH	oklch(63.46% 0.099 194.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.9767, 26.9773, 36.0987)
Luminance	0.2698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279D9D #9D2727

analogous

#279D62 #279D9D #27629D

triadic

#279D9D #9D279D #9D9D27

tetradic

#279D9D #62279D #9D2727 #629D27

square

#279D9D #62279D #9D2727 #629D27

split-complementary

#279D9D #9D2762 #9D6227

monochromatic

#0F3B3B #1B6C6C #279D9D #35CDCD #66D9D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#279D9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#279D9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279D9D

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279D9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279D9D	1.00	3.28	6.40	6.40
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92959D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81899E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279d9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 157, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.099 194.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76bab9',
    500: '#279d9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279d9d;
$custom-light: #76bab9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279d9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 60.204,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6346,
    "c": 0.09915,
    "h": 194.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279D9D

secondary

#BF6161

accent

#4444E3

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #279D9D

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

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