#279E95#279E95

#279E95 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.101 H 187.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279E95
RGB	rgb(39, 158, 149)
HSL	hsl(175, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(175, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 0%, 5.7%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.02, -33.68, -4.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.02, 33.99, 187.69°)
OKLab	oklab(63.43% -0.1005 -0.0129)
OKLCH	oklch(63.43% 0.101 187.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.4858, 27.0527, 32.6754)
Luminance	0.2706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279E95 #9E2730

analogous

#279E59 #279E95 #276B9E

triadic

#279E95 #95279E #9E9527

tetradic

#279E95 #59279E #9E2730 #6B9E27

square

#279E95 #59279E #9E2730 #6B9E27

split-complementary

#279E95 #9E276B #9E5927

monochromatic

#0F3C38 #1B6D67 #279E95 #35CDC2 #66D9D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#279E95 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#279E95 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279E95

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279E95	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279E95	1.00	3.28	6.41	6.41
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959595

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858996

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279e95;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 158, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.101 187.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76bbb4',
    500: '#279e95',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279e95;
$custom-light: #76bbb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279e95",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.462,
    "s": 60.406,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63435,
    "c": 0.10133,
    "h": 187.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279E95

secondary

#BF6269

accent

#4450E4

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #279E95

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

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