#279F98#279F98

#279F98 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.101 H 189.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279F98
RGB	rgb(39, 159, 152)
HSL	hsl(177, 61%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(177, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 0%, 4.4%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.43, -33.28, -5.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.43, 33.76, 189.64°)
OKLab	oklab(63.79% -0.1001 -0.0159)
OKLCH	oklch(63.79% 0.101 189)
XYZ	xyz(18.8997, 27.4923, 34.0101)
Luminance	0.2750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279F98 #9F272E

analogous

#279F5C #279F98 #276A9F

triadic

#279F98 #98279F #9F9827

tetradic

#279F98 #5C279F #9F272E #6A9F27

square

#279F98 #5C279F #9F272E #6A9F27

split-complementary

#279F98 #9F276A #9F5C27

monochromatic

#0F3D3A #1B6E69 #279F98 #36CEC5 #67DAD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#279F98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#279F98 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279F98

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279F98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279F98	1.00	3.23	6.50	6.50
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#969698

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858A99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279f98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 159, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.101 189.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76bcb6',
    500: '#279f98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279f98;
$custom-light: #76bcb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279f98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.5,
    "s": 60.606,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63794,
    "c": 0.10138,
    "h": 189
  },
  "luminance": 0.27495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279F98

secondary

#C06268

accent

#444DE4

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #279F98

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

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