#279E81#279E81

#279E81 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.111 H 172.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279E81
RGB	rgb(39, 158, 129)
HSL	hsl(165, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(165, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 0%, 18.4%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.48, -39.18, 5.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.48, 39.64, 171.32°)
OKLab	oklab(62.81% -0.1101 0.0152)
OKLCH	oklch(62.81% 0.111 172.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.0239, 26.4680, 24.9762)
Luminance	0.2647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279E81 #9E2744

analogous

#279E45 #279E81 #277F9E

triadic

#279E81 #81279E #9E8127

tetradic

#279E81 #45279E #9E2744 #7F9E27

square

#279E81 #45279E #9E2744 #7F9E27

split-complementary

#279E81 #9E277F #9E4527

monochromatic

#0F3C31 #1B6D59 #279E81 #35CDA8 #66D9BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#279E81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.29

#279E81 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279E81

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279E81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279E81	1.00	3.34	6.29	6.29
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999380

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898883

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279e81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 158, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.111 172.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74bba5',
    500: '#279e81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279e81;
$custom-light: #74bba5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279e81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.378,
    "s": 60.406,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6281,
    "c": 0.11113,
    "h": 172.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279E81

secondary

#BF6278

accent

#446BE4

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#09120F

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #279E81

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

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