#279E83#279E83

#279E83 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.110 H 173.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279E83
RGB	rgb(39, 158, 131)
HSL	hsl(166, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(166, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 0%, 17.1%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.53, -38.66, 4.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.53, 38.97, 172.74°)
OKLab	oklab(62.87% -0.1091 0.0124)
OKLCH	oklch(62.87% 0.11 173.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.1582, 26.5217, 25.6832)
Luminance	0.2652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279E83 #9E2742

analogous

#279E48 #279E83 #277D9E

triadic

#279E83 #83279E #9E8327

tetradic

#279E83 #48279E #9E2742 #7D9E27

square

#279E83 #48279E #9E2742 #7D9E27

split-complementary

#279E83 #9E277D #9E4827

monochromatic

#0F3C32 #1B6D5A #279E83 #35CDAB #66D9BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#279E83 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#279E83 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279E83

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279E83	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279E83	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)

#999382

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898885

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279e83;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 158, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.110 173.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74bba7',
    500: '#279e83',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279e83;
$custom-light: #74bba7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279e83",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.387,
    "s": 60.406,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62868,
    "c": 0.10983,
    "h": 173.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279E83

secondary

#BF6277

accent

#4468E4

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#09120F

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #279E83

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

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