#279E90#279E90

#279E90 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.103 H 183.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279E90
RGB	rgb(39, 158, 144)
HSL	hsl(173, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(173, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 0%, 8.9%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.88, -35.11, -1.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.88, 35.17, 183.14°)
OKLab	oklab(63.27% -0.1029 -0.0058)
OKLCH	oklch(63.27% 0.103 183.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.0952, 26.8965, 30.6180)
Luminance	0.2690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279E90 #9E2735

analogous

#279E54 #279E90 #27709E

triadic

#279E90 #90279E #9E9027

tetradic

#279E90 #54279E #9E2735 #709E27

square

#279E90 #54279E #9E2735 #709E27

split-complementary

#279E90 #9E2770 #9E5427

monochromatic

#0F3C37 #1B6D63 #279E90 #35CDBB #66D9CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#279E90 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#279E90 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279E90

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279E90	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279E90	1.00	3.29	6.38	6.38
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#969590

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868991

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A19A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279e90;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 158, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.103 183.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75bbb0',
    500: '#279e90',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279e90;
$custom-light: #75bbb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279e90",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.941,
    "s": 60.406,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63269,
    "c": 0.10302,
    "h": 183.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279E90

secondary

#BF626D

accent

#4457E4

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #279E90

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

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