#279E84#279E84

#279E84 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.109 H 174.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279E84
RGB	rgb(39, 158, 132)
HSL	hsl(167, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(167, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 0%, 16.5%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.55, -38.40, 4.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.55, 38.65, 173.47°)
OKLab	oklab(62.9% -0.1086 0.011)
OKLCH	oklch(62.9% 0.109 174.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.2263, 26.5489, 26.0419)
Luminance	0.2655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279E84 #9E2741

analogous

#279E48 #279E84 #277C9E

triadic

#279E84 #84279E #9E8427

tetradic

#279E84 #48279E #9E2741 #7C9E27

square

#279E84 #48279E #9E2741 #7C9E27

split-complementary

#279E84 #9E277C #9E4827

monochromatic

#0F3C32 #1B6D5B #279E84 #35CDAC #66D9C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#279E84 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.31

#279E84 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279E84

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279E84	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279E84	1.00	3.33	6.31	6.31
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989483

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898886

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279e84;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 158, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.109 174.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74bba7',
    500: '#279e84',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279e84;
$custom-light: #74bba7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279e84",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.891,
    "s": 60.406,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62898,
    "c": 0.10919,
    "h": 174.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279E84

secondary

#BF6276

accent

#4467E4

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#09120F

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #279E84

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

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