#279E92#279E92

#279E92 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.102 H 184.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279E92
RGB	rgb(39, 158, 146)
HSL	hsl(174, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(174, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 0%, 7.6%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.94, -34.55, -2.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.94, 34.67, 184.93°)
OKLab	oklab(63.33% -0.1019 -0.0086)
OKLCH	oklch(63.33% 0.102 184.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.2494, 26.9582, 31.4302)
Luminance	0.2696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279E92 #9E2733

analogous

#279E56 #279E92 #276E9E

triadic

#279E92 #92279E #9E9227

tetradic

#279E92 #56279E #9E2733 #6E9E27

square

#279E92 #56279E #9E2733 #6E9E27

split-complementary

#279E92 #9E276E #9E5627

monochromatic

#0F3C37 #1B6D65 #279E92 #35CDBE #66D9CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#279E92 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.39

#279E92 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279E92

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279E92	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279E92	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)

#969592

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858993

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279e92;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 158, 146);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.102 184.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75bbb1',
    500: '#279e92',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279e92;
$custom-light: #75bbb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279e92",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 146
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.95,
    "s": 60.406,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63335,
    "c": 0.10227,
    "h": 184.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279E92

secondary

#BF626B

accent

#4454E4

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F5

border

#C9D0CF

text

#0A1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #279E92

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

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