#279E98#279E98

#279E98 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.101 H 189.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279E98
RGB	rgb(39, 158, 152)
HSL	hsl(177, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(177, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 0%, 3.8%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.11, -32.81, -6.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.11, 33.37, 190.56°)
OKLab	oklab(63.54% -0.0991 -0.0171)
OKLCH	oklch(63.54% 0.101 189.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.7284, 27.1498, 33.9530)
Luminance	0.2715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279E98 #9E272D

analogous

#279E5C #279E98 #27689E

triadic

#279E98 #98279E #9E9827

tetradic

#279E98 #5C279E #9E272D #689E27

square

#279E98 #5C279E #9E272D #689E27

split-complementary

#279E98 #9E2768 #9E5C27

monochromatic

#0F3C3A #1B6D69 #279E98 #35CDC5 #66D9D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#279E98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#279E98 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279E98

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279E98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279E98	1.00	3.27	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959598

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848999

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279e98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 158, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.101 189.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76bbb6',
    500: '#279e98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279e98;
$custom-light: #76bbb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279e98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.975,
    "s": 60.406,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63538,
    "c": 0.10058,
    "h": 189.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279E98

secondary

#BF6266

accent

#444CE4

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #279E98

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

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