#279F8B#279F8B

#279F8B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.106 H 178.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279F8B
RGB	rgb(39, 159, 139)
HSL	hsl(170, 61%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(170, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 0%, 12.6%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.06, -36.96, 1.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.06, 36.98, 178.20°)
OKLab	oklab(63.37% -0.1063 0.0025)
OKLCH	oklch(63.37% 0.106 178.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.8927, 27.0895, 28.7069)
Luminance	0.2709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279F8B #9F273B

analogous

#279F4F #279F8B #27779F

triadic

#279F8B #8B279F #9F8B27

tetradic

#279F8B #4F279F #9F273B #779F27

square

#279F8B #4F279F #9F273B #779F27

split-complementary

#279F8B #9F2777 #9F4F27

monochromatic

#0F3D35 #1B6E60 #279F8B #36CEB4 #67DAC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#279F8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#279F8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279F8B

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279F8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279F8B	1.00	3.27	6.42	6.42
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98958A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88898D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279f8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 159, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.106 178.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75bcac',
    500: '#279f8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279f8b;
$custom-light: #75bcac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279f8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170,
    "s": 60.606,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63369,
    "c": 0.1063,
    "h": 178.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279F8B

secondary

#C06272

accent

#445FE4

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #279F8B

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

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