#279E88#279E88

#279E88 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.107 H 177.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279E88
RGB	rgb(39, 158, 136)
HSL	hsl(169, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(169, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 0%, 13.9%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.66, -37.33, 2.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.66, 37.40, 176.50°)
OKLab	oklab(63.02% -0.1067 0.0055)
OKLCH	oklch(63.02% 0.107 177.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.5053, 26.6605, 27.5112)
Luminance	0.2666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279E88 #9E273D

analogous

#279E4D #279E88 #27789E

triadic

#279E88 #88279E #9E8827

tetradic

#279E88 #4D279E #9E273D #789E27

square

#279E88 #4D279E #9E273D #789E27

split-complementary

#279E88 #9E2778 #9E4D27

monochromatic

#0F3C33 #1B6D5E #279E88 #35CDB1 #66D9C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#279E88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.33

#279E88 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279E88

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279E88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279E88	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)

#989487

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88888A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279e88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 158, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.107 177.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75bbaa',
    500: '#279e88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279e88;
$custom-light: #75bbaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279e88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.908,
    "s": 60.406,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63017,
    "c": 0.10683,
    "h": 177.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279E88

secondary

#BF6273

accent

#4462E4

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #279E88

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

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