#279F9D#279F9D

#279F9D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.101 H 193.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279F9D
RGB	rgb(39, 159, 157)
HSL	hsl(179, 61%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(179, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 0%, 1.3%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.58, -31.80, -8.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.58, 32.86, 194.56°)
OKLab	oklab(63.97% -0.0978 -0.023)
OKLCH	oklch(63.97% 0.101 193.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.3178, 27.6596, 36.2125)
Luminance	0.2766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279F9D #9F2729

analogous

#279F61 #279F9D #27659F

triadic

#279F9D #9D279F #9F9D27

tetradic

#279F9D #61279F #9F2729 #659F27

square

#279F9D #61279F #9F2729 #659F27

split-complementary

#279F9D #9F2765 #9F6127

monochromatic

#0F3D3C #1B6E6C #279F9D #36CECB #67DAD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#279F9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#279F9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279F9D

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279F9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279F9D	1.00	3.21	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95979D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848A9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A49E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279f9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 159, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.101 193.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76bcb9',
    500: '#279f9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279f9d;
$custom-light: #76bcb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279f9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179,
    "s": 60.606,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63969,
    "c": 0.1005,
    "h": 193.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279F9D

secondary

#C06264

accent

#4447E4

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #279F9D

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

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