#279F8F#279F8F

#279F8F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.104 H 181.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279F8F
RGB	rgb(39, 159, 143)
HSL	hsl(172, 61%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(172, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 0%, 10.1%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.17, -35.86, -0.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.17, 35.87, 181.50°)
OKLab	oklab(63.5% -0.1044 -0.0031)
OKLCH	oklch(63.5% 0.104 181.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.1903, 27.2086, 30.2744)
Luminance	0.2721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279F8F #9F2737

analogous

#279F53 #279F8F #27739F

triadic

#279F8F #8F279F #9F8F27

tetradic

#279F8F #53279F #9F2737 #739F27

square

#279F8F #53279F #9F2737 #739F27

split-complementary

#279F8F #9F2773 #9F5327

monochromatic

#0F3D37 #1B6E63 #279F8F #36CEB9 #67DACA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#279F8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#279F8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279F8F

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279F8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279F8F	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98958E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878990

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279f8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 159, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.104 181.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75bcaf',
    500: '#279f8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279f8f;
$custom-light: #75bcaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279f8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172,
    "s": 60.606,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63496,
    "c": 0.10441,
    "h": 181.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279F8F

secondary

#C0626F

accent

#4459E4

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #279F8F

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

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