#279E96#279E96

#279E96 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.101 H 188.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279E96
RGB	rgb(39, 158, 150)
HSL	hsl(176, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(176, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 0%, 5.1%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.05, -33.39, -5.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.05, 33.78, 188.64°)
OKLab	oklab(63.47% -0.1 -0.0143)
OKLCH	oklch(63.47% 0.101 188.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.5660, 27.0848, 33.0976)
Luminance	0.2709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279E96 #9E272F

analogous

#279E5A #279E96 #276A9E

triadic

#279E96 #96279E #9E9627

tetradic

#279E96 #5A279E #9E272F #6A9E27

square

#279E96 #5A279E #9E272F #6A9E27

split-complementary

#279E96 #9E276A #9E5A27

monochromatic

#0F3C39 #1B6D67 #279E96 #35CDC3 #66D9D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#279E96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#279E96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279E96

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279E96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279E96	1.00	3.27	6.42	6.42
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959596

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848997

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279e96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 158, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.101 188.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76bbb4',
    500: '#279e96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279e96;
$custom-light: #76bbb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279e96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.966,
    "s": 60.406,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63469,
    "c": 0.10106,
    "h": 188.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279E96

secondary

#BF6268

accent

#444FE4

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #279E96

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

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