#279E99#279E99

#279E99 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.100 H 190.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279E99
RGB	rgb(39, 158, 153)
HSL	hsl(177, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(177, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 0%, 3.2%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.14, -32.51, -6.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.14, 33.18, 191.54°)
OKLab	oklab(63.57% -0.0986 -0.0186)
OKLCH	oklch(63.57% 0.1 190.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.8106, 27.1827, 34.3862)
Luminance	0.2718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279E99 #9E272C

analogous

#279E5D #279E99 #27679E

triadic

#279E99 #99279E #9E9927

tetradic

#279E99 #5D279E #9E272C #679E27

square

#279E99 #5D279E #9E272C #679E27

split-complementary

#279E99 #9E2767 #9E5D27

monochromatic

#0F3C3A #1B6D69 #279E99 #35CDC7 #66D9D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#279E99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#279E99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279E99

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279E99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279E99	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949699

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84899A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279e99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 158, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.100 190.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76bbb7',
    500: '#279e99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279e99;
$custom-light: #76bbb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279e99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.479,
    "s": 60.406,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63573,
    "c": 0.10038,
    "h": 190.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279E99

secondary

#BF6266

accent

#444BE4

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #279E99

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

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