#279E8E#279E8E

#279E8E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.104 H 181.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279E8E
RGB	rgb(39, 158, 142)
HSL	hsl(172, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(172, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 0%, 10.1%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.82, -35.68, -0.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.82, 35.69, 181.41°)
OKLab	oklab(63.21% -0.1038 -0.0029)
OKLCH	oklch(63.21% 0.104 181.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.9437, 26.8359, 29.8201)
Luminance	0.2684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279E8E #9E2737

analogous

#279E52 #279E8E #27729E

triadic

#279E8E #8E279E #9E8E27

tetradic

#279E8E #52279E #9E2737 #729E27

square

#279E8E #52279E #9E2737 #729E27

split-complementary

#279E8E #9E2772 #9E5227

monochromatic

#0F3C36 #1B6D62 #279E8E #35CDB9 #66D9CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#279E8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.37

#279E8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279E8E

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279E8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279E8E	1.00	3.30	6.37	6.37
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97948D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86898F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A199

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279e8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 158, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.104 181.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75bbaf',
    500: '#279e8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279e8e;
$custom-light: #75bbaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279e8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.933,
    "s": 60.406,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63205,
    "c": 0.10385,
    "h": 181.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279E8E

secondary

#BF626E

accent

#445AE4

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #279E8E

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

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