#279F8A#279F8A

#279F8A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.107 H 177.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279F8A
RGB	rgb(39, 159, 138)
HSL	hsl(170, 61%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(170, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 0%, 13.2%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.03, -37.23, 1.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.03, 37.27, 177.40°)
OKLab	oklab(63.34% -0.1067 0.0039)
OKLCH	oklch(63.34% 0.107 177.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.8200, 27.0604, 28.3238)
Luminance	0.2706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279F8A #9F273C

analogous

#279F4E #279F8A #27789F

triadic

#279F8A #8A279F #9F8A27

tetradic

#279F8A #4E279F #9F273C #789F27

square

#279F8A #4E279F #9F273C #789F27

split-complementary

#279F8A #9F2778 #9F4E27

monochromatic

#0F3D35 #1B6E5F #279F8A #36CEB3 #67DAC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#279F8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#279F8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279F8A

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279F8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279F8A	1.00	3.27	6.41	6.41
#FFFFFF	3.27	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)

#989589

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88898C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A199

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279f8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 159, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.107 177.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75bcac',
    500: '#279f8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279f8a;
$custom-light: #75bcac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279f8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.5,
    "s": 60.606,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63339,
    "c": 0.10682,
    "h": 177.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279F8A

secondary

#C06273

accent

#4460E4

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #279F8A

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

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