#279F88#279F88

#279F88 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.108 H 176.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279F88
RGB	rgb(39, 159, 136)
HSL	hsl(169, 61%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(169, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 0%, 14.5%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.98, -37.78, 2.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.98, 37.88, 175.84°)
OKLab	oklab(63.28% -0.1077 0.0067)
OKLCH	oklch(63.28% 0.108 176.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.6765, 27.0031, 27.5683)
Luminance	0.2701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279F88 #9F273E

analogous

#279F4C #279F88 #277A9F

triadic

#279F88 #88279F #9F8827

tetradic

#279F88 #4C279F #9F273E #7A9F27

square

#279F88 #4C279F #9F273E #7A9F27

split-complementary

#279F88 #9F277A #9F4C27

monochromatic

#0F3D34 #1B6E5E #279F88 #36CEB0 #67DAC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#279F88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#279F88 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279F88

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279F88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279F88	1.00	3.28	6.40	6.40
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999587

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89898A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279f88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 159, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.108 176.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75bcaa',
    500: '#279f88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279f88;
$custom-light: #75bcaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279f88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.5,
    "s": 60.606,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63278,
    "c": 0.10793,
    "h": 176.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279F88

secondary

#C06274

accent

#4463E4

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #279F88

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

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