#279F89#279F89

#279F89 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.107 H 177.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279F89
RGB	rgb(39, 159, 137)
HSL	hsl(169, 61%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(169, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 0%, 13.8%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.00, -37.51, 2.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.00, 37.57, 176.62°)
OKLab	oklab(63.31% -0.1072 0.0053)
OKLCH	oklch(63.31% 0.107 177.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.7479, 27.0316, 27.9443)
Luminance	0.2703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279F89 #9F273D

analogous

#279F4D #279F89 #27799F

triadic

#279F89 #89279F #9F8927

tetradic

#279F89 #4D279F #9F273D #799F27

square

#279F89 #4D279F #9F273D #799F27

split-complementary

#279F89 #9F2779 #9F4D27

monochromatic

#0F3D34 #1B6E5F #279F89 #36CEB2 #67DAC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#279F89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#279F89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279F89

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279F89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279F89	1.00	3.28	6.41	6.41
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999588

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89898B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279f89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 159, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.107 177.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75bcab',
    500: '#279f89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279f89;
$custom-light: #75bcab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279f89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169,
    "s": 60.606,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63308,
    "c": 0.10737,
    "h": 177.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279F89

secondary

#C06273

accent

#4461E4

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #279F89

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

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