#279E8A#279E8A

#279E8A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.106 H 178.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279E8A
RGB	rgb(39, 158, 138)
HSL	hsl(170, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(170, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 0%, 12.7%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.71, -36.78, 1.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.71, 36.80, 178.09°)
OKLab	oklab(63.08% -0.1057 0.0027)
OKLCH	oklch(63.08% 0.106 178.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.6487, 26.7179, 28.2667)
Luminance	0.2672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279E8A #9E273B

analogous

#279E4E #279E8A #27769E

triadic

#279E8A #8A279E #9E8A27

tetradic

#279E8A #4E279E #9E273B #769E27

square

#279E8A #4E279E #9E273B #769E27

split-complementary

#279E8A #9E2776 #9E4E27

monochromatic

#0F3C34 #1B6D5F #279E8A #35CDB4 #66D9C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#279E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.34

#279E8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279E8A

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279E8A	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)

#979489

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87888C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 158, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.106 178.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75bbac',
    500: '#279e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279e8a;
$custom-light: #75bbac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.916,
    "s": 60.406,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63079,
    "c": 0.10576,
    "h": 178.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279E8A

secondary

#BF6271

accent

#445FE4

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #279E8A

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

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