#279E94#279E94

#279E94 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.102 H 186.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279E94
RGB	rgb(39, 158, 148)
HSL	hsl(175, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(175, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 0%, 6.3%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.99, -33.97, -4.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.99, 34.21, 186.76°)
OKLab	oklab(63.4% -0.101 -0.0114)
OKLCH	oklch(63.4% 0.102 186.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.4063, 27.0209, 32.2567)
Luminance	0.2702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279E94 #9E2731

analogous

#279E58 #279E94 #276C9E

triadic

#279E94 #94279E #9E9427

tetradic

#279E94 #58279E #9E2731 #6C9E27

square

#279E94 #58279E #9E2731 #6C9E27

split-complementary

#279E94 #9E276C #9E5827

monochromatic

#0F3C38 #1B6D66 #279E94 #35CDC0 #66D9D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#279E94 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#279E94 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279E94

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279E94	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279E94	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)

#959594

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858995

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279e94;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 158, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.102 186.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75bbb3',
    500: '#279e94',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279e94;
$custom-light: #75bbb3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279e94",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.958,
    "s": 60.406,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63402,
    "c": 0.10162,
    "h": 186.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279E94

secondary

#BF6269

accent

#4452E4

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #279E94

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

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