#279E93#279E93

#279E93 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.102 H 185.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279E93
RGB	rgb(39, 158, 147)
HSL	hsl(174, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(174, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 0%, 7%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.96, -34.26, -3.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.96, 34.44, 185.84°)
OKLab	oklab(63.37% -0.1014 -0.01)
OKLCH	oklch(63.37% 0.102 185.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.3275, 26.9894, 31.8417)
Luminance	0.2699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279E93 #9E2732

analogous

#279E57 #279E93 #276D9E

triadic

#279E93 #93279E #9E9327

tetradic

#279E93 #57279E #9E2732 #6D9E27

square

#279E93 #57279E #9E2732 #6D9E27

split-complementary

#279E93 #9E276D #9E5727

monochromatic

#0F3C38 #1B6D65 #279E93 #35CDBF #66D9CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#279E93 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#279E93 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279E93

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279E93	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279E93	1.00	3.28	6.40	6.40
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#969593

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858994

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279e93;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 158, 147);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.102 185.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75bbb2',
    500: '#279e93',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279e93;
$custom-light: #75bbb2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279e93",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 147
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.454,
    "s": 60.406,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63368,
    "c": 0.10193,
    "h": 185.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279E93

secondary

#BF626A

accent

#4453E4

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F5

border

#C9D0CF

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #279E93

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

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