#279E9D#279E9D

#279E9D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.100 H 194.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279E9D
RGB	rgb(39, 158, 157)
HSL	hsl(179, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(179, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 0%, 0.6%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.27, -31.32, -8.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.27, 32.51, 195.57°)
OKLab	oklab(63.71% -0.0968 -0.0243)
OKLCH	oklch(63.71% 0.1 194.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.1466, 27.3170, 36.1554)
Luminance	0.2732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279E9D #9E2728

analogous

#279E61 #279E9D #27639E

triadic

#279E9D #9D279E #9E9D27

tetradic

#279E9D #61279E #9E2728 #639E27

square

#279E9D #61279E #9E2728 #639E27

split-complementary

#279E9D #9E2763 #9E6127

monochromatic

#0F3C3B #1B6D6C #279E9D #35CDCC #66D9D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#279E9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#279E9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279E9D

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279E9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279E9D	1.00	3.25	6.46	6.46
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93969D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82899E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279e9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 158, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.100 194.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76bbb9',
    500: '#279e9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279e9d;
$custom-light: #76bbb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279e9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.496,
    "s": 60.406,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63714,
    "c": 0.09981,
    "h": 194.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279E9D

secondary

#BF6262

accent

#4446E4

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #279E9D

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

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