#279F91#279F91

#279F91 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.104 H 183.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279F91
RGB	rgb(39, 159, 145)
HSL	hsl(173, 61%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(173, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 0%, 8.8%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.22, -35.29, -1.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.22, 35.35, 183.23°)
OKLab	oklab(63.56% -0.1034 -0.0059)
OKLCH	oklch(63.56% 0.104 183.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.3432, 27.2697, 31.0794)
Luminance	0.2727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279F91 #9F2735

analogous

#279F55 #279F91 #27719F

triadic

#279F91 #91279F #9F9127

tetradic

#279F91 #55279F #9F2735 #719F27

square

#279F91 #55279F #9F2735 #719F27

split-complementary

#279F91 #9F2771 #9F5527

monochromatic

#0F3D37 #1B6E64 #279F91 #36CEBC #67DACC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#279F91 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#279F91 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279F91

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279F91	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279F91	1.00	3.25	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979691

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878A92

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279f91;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 159, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.104 183.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75bcb1',
    500: '#279f91',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279f91;
$custom-light: #75bcb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279f91",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173,
    "s": 60.606,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6356,
    "c": 0.10358,
    "h": 183.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279F91

secondary

#C0626D

accent

#4457E4

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F5

border

#C9D0CF

text

#0A1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #279F91

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

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