#279F81#279F81

#279F81 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.112 H 171.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279F81
RGB	rgb(39, 159, 129)
HSL	hsl(165, 61%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(165, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 0%, 18.9%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.80, -39.62, 6.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.80, 40.14, 170.77°)
OKLab	oklab(63.07% -0.1111 0.0164)
OKLCH	oklch(63.07% 0.112 171.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.1952, 26.8105, 25.0333)
Luminance	0.2681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279F81 #9F2745

analogous

#279F45 #279F81 #27819F

triadic

#279F81 #81279F #9F8127

tetradic

#279F81 #45279F #9F2745 #819F27

square

#279F81 #45279F #9F2745 #819F27

split-complementary

#279F81 #9F2781 #9F4527

monochromatic

#0F3D31 #1B6E59 #279F81 #36CEA8 #67DABD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#279F81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#279F81 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279F81

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279F81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279F81	1.00	3.30	6.36	6.36
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9480

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8983

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279f81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 159, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.112 171.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74bca5',
    500: '#279f81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279f81;
$custom-light: #74bca5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279f81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165,
    "s": 60.606,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63072,
    "c": 0.11232,
    "h": 171.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279F81

secondary

#C0627A

accent

#446CE4

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#09120F

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #279F81

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

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