#279E91#279E91

#279E91 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.103 H 184.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279E91
RGB	rgb(39, 158, 145)
HSL	hsl(173, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(173, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 0%, 8.2%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.91, -34.83, -2.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.91, 34.92, 184.03°)
OKLab	oklab(63.3% -0.1024 -0.0072)
OKLCH	oklch(63.3% 0.103 184)
XYZ	xyz(18.1719, 26.9272, 31.0223)
Luminance	0.2693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279E91 #9E2734

analogous

#279E55 #279E91 #276F9E

triadic

#279E91 #91279E #9E9127

tetradic

#279E91 #55279E #9E2734 #6F9E27

square

#279E91 #55279E #9E2734 #6F9E27

split-complementary

#279E91 #9E276F #9E5527

monochromatic

#0F3C37 #1B6D64 #279E91 #35CDBD #66D9CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#279E91 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.39

#279E91 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279E91

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279E91	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279E91	1.00	3.29	6.39	6.39
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#969591

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868992

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A19A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279e91;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 158, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.103 184.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75bbb1',
    500: '#279e91',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279e91;
$custom-light: #75bbb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279e91",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.445,
    "s": 60.406,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63302,
    "c": 0.10264,
    "h": 184
  },
  "luminance": 0.26929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279E91

secondary

#BF626C

accent

#4456E4

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F5

border

#C9D0CF

text

#0A1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #279E91

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

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