#279F99#279F99

#279F99 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.101 H 189.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279F99
RGB	rgb(39, 159, 153)
HSL	hsl(177, 61%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(177, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 0%, 3.8%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.46, -32.99, -6.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.46, 33.56, 190.60°)
OKLab	oklab(63.83% -0.0997 -0.0173)
OKLCH	oklch(63.83% 0.101 189.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.9819, 27.5252, 34.4433)
Luminance	0.2753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279F99 #9F272D

analogous

#279F5D #279F99 #27699F

triadic

#279F99 #99279F #9F9927

tetradic

#279F99 #5D279F #9F272D #699F27

square

#279F99 #5D279F #9F272D #699F27

split-complementary

#279F99 #9F2769 #9F5D27

monochromatic

#0F3D3A #1B6E6A #279F99 #36CEC6 #67DAD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#279F99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#279F99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279F99

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279F99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279F99	1.00	3.23	6.51	6.51
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#969699

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858A9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279f99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 159, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.101 189.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76bcb7',
    500: '#279f99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279f99;
$custom-light: #76bcb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279f99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177,
    "s": 60.606,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63829,
    "c": 0.10116,
    "h": 189.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279F99

secondary

#C06267

accent

#444CE4

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #279F99

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

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