#279E8D#279E8D

#279E8D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.104 H 180.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279E8D
RGB	rgb(39, 158, 141)
HSL	hsl(171, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(171, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 0%, 10.8%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.79, -35.96, -0.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.79, 35.96, 180.56°)
OKLab	oklab(63.17% -0.1043 -0.0015)
OKLCH	oklch(63.17% 0.104 180.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.8689, 26.8060, 29.4265)
Luminance	0.2681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279E8D #9E2738

analogous

#279E51 #279E8D #27739E

triadic

#279E8D #8D279E #9E8D27

tetradic

#279E8D #51279E #9E2738 #739E27

square

#279E8D #51279E #9E2738 #739E27

split-complementary

#279E8D #9E2773 #9E5127

monochromatic

#0F3C35 #1B6D61 #279E8D #35CDB7 #66D9C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#279E8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#279E8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279E8D

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279E8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279E8D	1.00	3.30	6.36	6.36
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97948C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87898E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A199

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279e8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 158, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.104 180.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75bbae',
    500: '#279e8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279e8d;
$custom-light: #75bbae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279e8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.429,
    "s": 60.406,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63173,
    "c": 0.1043,
    "h": 180.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279E8D

secondary

#BF626F

accent

#445BE4

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #279E8D

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →