#279E89#279E89

#279E89 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.106 H 177.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279E89
RGB	rgb(39, 158, 137)
HSL	hsl(169, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(169, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 0%, 13.3%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.69, -37.06, 1.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.69, 37.10, 177.29°)
OKLab	oklab(63.05% -0.1062 0.0041)
OKLCH	oklch(63.05% 0.106 177.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.5767, 26.6891, 27.8872)
Luminance	0.2669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279E89 #9E273C

analogous

#279E4D #279E89 #27779E

triadic

#279E89 #89279E #9E8927

tetradic

#279E89 #4D279E #9E273C #779E27

square

#279E89 #4D279E #9E273C #779E27

split-complementary

#279E89 #9E2777 #9E4D27

monochromatic

#0F3C34 #1B6D5E #279E89 #35CDB2 #66D9C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#279E89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.34

#279E89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279E89

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279E89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279E89	1.00	3.31	6.34	6.34
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989488

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88888B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A098

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279e89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 158, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.106 177.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75bbab',
    500: '#279e89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279e89;
$custom-light: #75bbab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279e89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.412,
    "s": 60.406,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63048,
    "c": 0.10629,
    "h": 177.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279E89

secondary

#BF6272

accent

#4460E4

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #279E89

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

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