#279F9A#279F9A

#279F9A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.101 H 190.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279F9A
RGB	rgb(39, 159, 154)
HSL	hsl(178, 61%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(178, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 0%, 3.1%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.49, -32.69, -6.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.49, 33.37, 191.58°)
OKLab	oklab(63.86% -0.0992 -0.0187)
OKLCH	oklch(63.86% 0.101 190.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.0648, 27.5584, 34.8801)
Luminance	0.2756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279F9A #9F272C

analogous

#279F5E #279F9A #27689F

triadic

#279F9A #9A279F #9F9A27

tetradic

#279F9A #5E279F #9F272C #689F27

square

#279F9A #5E279F #9F272C #689F27

split-complementary

#279F9A #9F2768 #9F5E27

monochromatic

#0F3D3B #1B6E6A #279F9A #36CEC7 #67DAD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#279F9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#279F9A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279F9A

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279F9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279F9A	1.00	3.22	6.51	6.51
#FFFFFF	3.22	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)

#95969A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848A9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A49D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279f9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 159, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.101 190.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76bcb7',
    500: '#279f9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279f9a;
$custom-light: #76bcb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279f9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.5,
    "s": 60.606,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63863,
    "c": 0.10095,
    "h": 190.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279F9A

secondary

#C06266

accent

#444BE4

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #279F9A

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

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