#279E82#279E82

#279E82 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.110 H 172.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279E82
RGB	rgb(39, 158, 130)
HSL	hsl(166, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(166, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 0%, 17.7%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.50, -38.92, 5.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.50, 39.30, 172.02°)
OKLab	oklab(62.84% -0.1096 0.0138)
OKLCH	oklch(62.84% 0.11 172.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.0907, 26.4947, 25.3280)
Luminance	0.2650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279E82 #9E2743

analogous

#279E46 #279E82 #277E9E

triadic

#279E82 #82279E #9E8227

tetradic

#279E82 #46279E #9E2743 #7E9E27

square

#279E82 #46279E #9E2743 #7E9E27

split-complementary

#279E82 #9E277E #9E4627

monochromatic

#0F3C31 #1B6D5A #279E82 #35CDA9 #66D9BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#279E82 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#279E82 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279E82

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279E82	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279E82	1.00	3.33	6.30	6.30
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999381

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898884

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279e82;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 158, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.110 172.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74bba6',
    500: '#279e82',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279e82;
$custom-light: #74bba6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279e82",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.882,
    "s": 60.406,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62839,
    "c": 0.11047,
    "h": 172.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279E82

secondary

#BF6278

accent

#446AE4

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#09120F

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #279E82

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

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