#279E8F#279E8F

#279E8F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.103 H 182.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279E8F
RGB	rgb(39, 158, 143)
HSL	hsl(172, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(172, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 0%, 9.5%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.85, -35.40, -1.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.85, 35.42, 182.27°)
OKLab	oklab(63.24% -0.1033 -0.0044)
OKLCH	oklch(63.24% 0.103 182.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.0191, 26.8661, 30.2173)
Luminance	0.2687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279E8F #9E2736

analogous

#279E53 #279E8F #27719E

triadic

#279E8F #8F279E #9E8F27

tetradic

#279E8F #53279E #9E2736 #719E27

square

#279E8F #53279E #9E2736 #719E27

split-complementary

#279E8F #9E2771 #9E5327

monochromatic

#0F3C36 #1B6D63 #279E8F #35CDBA #66D9CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#279E8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.37

#279E8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279E8F

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279E8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279E8F	1.00	3.29	6.37	6.37
#FFFFFF	3.29	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)

#96958E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868990

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A199

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279e8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 158, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.103 182.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75bbaf',
    500: '#279e8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279e8f;
$custom-light: #75bbaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279e8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.437,
    "s": 60.406,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63237,
    "c": 0.10342,
    "h": 182.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279E8F

secondary

#BF626D

accent

#4458E4

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #279E8F

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

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