#279E9A#279E9A

#279E9A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.100 H 191.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279E9A
RGB	rgb(39, 158, 154)
HSL	hsl(178, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(178, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 0%, 2.5%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.17, -32.22, -7.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.17, 33.00, 192.53°)
OKLab	oklab(63.61% -0.0982 -0.02)
OKLCH	oklch(63.61% 0.1 191.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.8936, 27.2159, 34.8230)
Luminance	0.2722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279E9A #9E272B

analogous

#279E5E #279E9A #27669E

triadic

#279E9A #9A279E #9E9A27

tetradic

#279E9A #5E279E #9E272B #669E27

square

#279E9A #5E279E #9E272B #669E27

split-complementary

#279E9A #9E2766 #9E5E27

monochromatic

#0F3C3A #1B6D6A #279E9A #35CDC8 #66D9D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#279E9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#279E9A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279E9A

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279E9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279E9A	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)

#94969A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83899B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279e9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 158, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.100 191.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76bbb7',
    500: '#279e9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279e9a;
$custom-light: #76bbb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279e9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.983,
    "s": 60.406,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63608,
    "c": 0.1002,
    "h": 191.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279E9A

secondary

#BF6265

accent

#444AE4

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #279E9A

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

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