#279E86#279E86

#279E86 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.108 H 175.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279E86
RGB	rgb(39, 158, 134)
HSL	hsl(168, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(168, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 0%, 15.2%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.61, -37.87, 3.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.61, 38.01, 174.96°)
OKLab	oklab(62.96% -0.1077 0.0083)
OKLCH	oklch(62.96% 0.108 175.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.3644, 26.6042, 26.7696)
Luminance	0.2661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279E86 #9E273F

analogous

#279E4A #279E86 #277A9E

triadic

#279E86 #86279E #9E8627

tetradic

#279E86 #4A279E #9E273F #7A9E27

square

#279E86 #4A279E #9E273F #7A9E27

split-complementary

#279E86 #9E277A #9E4A27

monochromatic

#0F3C33 #1B6D5C #279E86 #35CDAE #66D9C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#279E86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.32

#279E86 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279E86

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279E86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279E86	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)

#989485

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#888888

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279e86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 158, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.108 175.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74bba9',
    500: '#279e86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279e86;
$custom-light: #74bba9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279e86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.899,
    "s": 60.406,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62957,
    "c": 0.10798,
    "h": 175.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279E86

secondary

#BF6274

accent

#4464E4

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A120F

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #279E86

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

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