#279D9E#279D9E

#279D9E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.099 H 195.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279D9E
RGB	rgb(39, 157, 158)
HSL	hsl(181, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(181, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 0.6%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.99, -30.54, -9.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.99, 32.05, 197.64°)
OKLab	oklab(63.5% -0.0953 -0.027)
OKLCH	oklch(63.5% 0.099 195.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.0624, 27.0116, 36.5502)
Luminance	0.2701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279D9E #9E2827

analogous

#279E63 #279D9E #27619E

triadic

#279D9E #9E279D #9D9E27

tetradic

#279D9E #63279E #9E2827 #619E27

square

#279D9E #63279E #9E2827 #619E27

split-complementary

#279D9E #9E2761 #9E6327

monochromatic

#0F3B3C #1B6C6D #279D9E #35CCCD #66D8D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#279D9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#279D9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279D9E

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279D9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279D9E	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)

#92959E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81899F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279d9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 157, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.099 195.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76baba',
    500: '#279d9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279d9e;
$custom-light: #76baba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279d9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.504,
    "s": 60.406,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63496,
    "c": 0.0991,
    "h": 195.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279D9E

secondary

#BF6262

accent

#4644E4

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #279D9E

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

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