#279E8B#279E8B

#279E8B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.105 H 179.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279E8B
RGB	rgb(39, 158, 139)
HSL	hsl(170, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(170, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 0%, 12%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.74, -36.51, 0.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.74, 36.52, 178.90°)
OKLab	oklab(63.11% -0.1052 0.0013)
OKLCH	oklch(63.11% 0.105 179.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.7214, 26.7470, 28.6498)
Luminance	0.2675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279E8B #9E273A

analogous

#279E4F #279E8B #27759E

triadic

#279E8B #8B279E #9E8B27

tetradic

#279E8B #4F279E #9E273A #759E27

square

#279E8B #4F279E #9E273A #759E27

split-complementary

#279E8B #9E2775 #9E4F27

monochromatic

#0F3C35 #1B6D60 #279E8B #35CDB5 #66D9C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#279E8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.35

#279E8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279E8B

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279E8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279E8B	1.00	3.31	6.35	6.35
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97948A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87888D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279e8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 158, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.105 179.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75bbac',
    500: '#279e8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279e8b;
$custom-light: #75bbac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279e8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.42,
    "s": 60.406,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6311,
    "c": 0.10526,
    "h": 179.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279E8B

secondary

#BF6271

accent

#445EE4

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #279E8B

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

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