#279F97#279F97

#279F97 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.102 H 188.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279F97
RGB	rgb(39, 159, 151)
HSL	hsl(176, 61%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(176, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 0%, 5%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.40, -33.57, -5.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.40, 33.96, 188.69°)
OKLab	oklab(63.76% -0.1006 -0.0144)
OKLCH	oklch(63.76% 0.102 188.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.8181, 27.4597, 33.5806)
Luminance	0.2746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279F97 #9F272F

analogous

#279F5B #279F97 #276B9F

triadic

#279F97 #97279F #9F9727

tetradic

#279F97 #5B279F #9F272F #6B9F27

square

#279F97 #5B279F #9F272F #6B9F27

split-complementary

#279F97 #9F276B #9F5B27

monochromatic

#0F3D3A #1B6E68 #279F97 #36CEC3 #67DAD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#279F97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#279F97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279F97

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279F97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279F97	1.00	3.23	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.23	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)

#969697

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858A98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279f97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 159, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.102 188.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76bcb5',
    500: '#279f97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279f97;
$custom-light: #76bcb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279f97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176,
    "s": 60.606,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6376,
    "c": 0.10162,
    "h": 188.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279F97

secondary

#C06268

accent

#444FE4

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #279F97

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

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