#279F9B#279F9B

#279F9B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.101 H 191.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279F9B
RGB	rgb(39, 159, 155)
HSL	hsl(178, 61%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(178, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 0%, 2.5%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.52, -32.40, -7.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.52, 33.19, 192.56°)
OKLab	oklab(63.9% -0.0987 -0.0201)
OKLCH	oklch(63.9% 0.101 191.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.1485, 27.5918, 35.3205)
Luminance	0.2759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279F9B #9F272B

analogous

#279F5F #279F9B #27679F

triadic

#279F9B #9B279F #9F9B27

tetradic

#279F9B #5F279F #9F272B #679F27

square

#279F9B #5F279F #9F272B #679F27

split-complementary

#279F9B #9F2767 #9F5F27

monochromatic

#0F3D3B #1B6E6B #279F9B #36CEC9 #67DAD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#279F9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#279F9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279F9B

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279F9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279F9B	1.00	3.22	6.52	6.52
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95979B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848A9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A49D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279f9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 159, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.101 191.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76bcb8',
    500: '#279f9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279f9b;
$custom-light: #76bcb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279f9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178,
    "s": 60.606,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63898,
    "c": 0.10078,
    "h": 191.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279F9B

secondary

#C06265

accent

#4449E4

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #279F9B

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

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