#279E97#279E97

#279E97 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.101 H 189.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279E97
RGB	rgb(39, 158, 151)
HSL	hsl(176, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(176, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 0%, 4.4%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.08, -33.10, -5.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.08, 33.57, 189.60°)
OKLab	oklab(63.5% -0.0996 -0.0157)
OKLCH	oklch(63.5% 0.101 189)
XYZ	xyz(18.6468, 27.1172, 33.5235)
Luminance	0.2712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279E97 #9E272E

analogous

#279E5B #279E97 #27699E

triadic

#279E97 #97279E #9E9727

tetradic

#279E97 #5B279E #9E272E #699E27

square

#279E97 #5B279E #9E272E #699E27

split-complementary

#279E97 #9E2769 #9E5B27

monochromatic

#0F3C39 #1B6D68 #279E97 #35CDC4 #66D9D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#279E97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#279E97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279E97

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279E97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279E97	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)

#959597

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848998

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279e97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 158, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.101 189.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76bbb5',
    500: '#279e97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279e97;
$custom-light: #76bbb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279e97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.471,
    "s": 60.406,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63504,
    "c": 0.1008,
    "h": 189
  },
  "luminance": 0.27119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279E97

secondary

#BF6267

accent

#444EE4

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #279E97

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

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