#279F96#279F96

#279F96 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.102 H 187.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279F96
RGB	rgb(39, 159, 150)
HSL	hsl(176, 61%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(176, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 0%, 5.7%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.37, -33.86, -4.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.37, 34.17, 187.75°)
OKLab	oklab(63.73% -0.1011 -0.013)
OKLCH	oklch(63.73% 0.102 187.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.7372, 27.4273, 33.1547)
Luminance	0.2743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279F96 #9F2730

analogous

#279F5A #279F96 #276C9F

triadic

#279F96 #96279F #9F9627

tetradic

#279F96 #5A279F #9F2730 #6C9F27

square

#279F96 #5A279F #9F2730 #6C9F27

split-complementary

#279F96 #9F276C #9F5A27

monochromatic

#0F3D39 #1B6E68 #279F96 #36CEC2 #67DAD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#279F96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#279F96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279F96

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279F96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279F96	1.00	3.24	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#969696

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858A97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279f96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 159, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.102 187.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76bcb4',
    500: '#279f96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279f96;
$custom-light: #76bcb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279f96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.5,
    "s": 60.606,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63726,
    "c": 0.1019,
    "h": 187.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279F96

secondary

#C06269

accent

#4450E4

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #279F96

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

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