#279E85#279E85

#279E85 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.109 H 174.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279E85
RGB	rgb(39, 158, 133)
HSL	hsl(167, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(167, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 0%, 15.8%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.58, -38.13, 3.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.58, 38.33, 174.21°)
OKLab	oklab(62.93% -0.1081 0.0097)
OKLCH	oklch(62.93% 0.109 174.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.2950, 26.5764, 26.4040)
Luminance	0.2658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279E85 #9E2740

analogous

#279E49 #279E85 #277B9E

triadic

#279E85 #85279E #9E8527

tetradic

#279E85 #49279E #9E2740 #7B9E27

square

#279E85 #49279E #9E2740 #7B9E27

split-complementary

#279E85 #9E277B #9E4927

monochromatic

#0F3C32 #1B6D5C #279E85 #35CDAD #66D9C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#279E85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.32

#279E85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279E85

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279E85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279E85	1.00	3.32	6.32	6.32
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989484

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898887

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279e85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 158, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.109 174.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74bba8',
    500: '#279e85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279e85;
$custom-light: #74bba8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279e85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.395,
    "s": 60.406,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62927,
    "c": 0.10857,
    "h": 174.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279E85

secondary

#BF6275

accent

#4466E4

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#09120F

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #279E85

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

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