#279E87#279E87

#279E87 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.107 H 176.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279E87
RGB	rgb(39, 158, 135)
HSL	hsl(168, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(168, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 0%, 14.6%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.63, -37.60, 2.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.63, 37.70, 175.72°)
OKLab	oklab(62.99% -0.1072 0.0069)
OKLCH	oklch(62.99% 0.107 176.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.4345, 26.6322, 27.1386)
Luminance	0.2663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279E87 #9E273E

analogous

#279E4B #279E87 #27799E

triadic

#279E87 #87279E #9E8727

tetradic

#279E87 #4B279E #9E273E #799E27

square

#279E87 #4B279E #9E273E #799E27

split-complementary

#279E87 #9E2779 #9E4B27

monochromatic

#0F3C33 #1B6D5D #279E87 #35CDB0 #66D9C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#279E87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.33

#279E87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279E87

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279E87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279E87	1.00	3.32	6.33	6.33
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989486

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#888889

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279e87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 158, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.107 176.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75bba9',
    500: '#279e87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279e87;
$custom-light: #75bba9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279e87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.403,
    "s": 60.406,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62987,
    "c": 0.10739,
    "h": 176.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279E87

secondary

#BF6274

accent

#4463E4

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #279E87

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

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