#279F9E#279F9E

#279F9E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.100 H 194.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279F9E
RGB	rgb(39, 159, 158)
HSL	hsl(180, 61%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(180, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 0%, 0.6%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.61, -31.50, -8.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.61, 32.70, 195.57°)
OKLab	oklab(64.01% -0.0974 -0.0244)
OKLCH	oklch(64.01% 0.1 194.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.4035, 27.6939, 36.6639)
Luminance	0.2770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279F9E #9F2728

analogous

#279F62 #279F9E #27649F

triadic

#279F9E #9E279F #9F9E27

tetradic

#279F9E #62279F #9F2728 #649F27

square

#279F9E #62279F #9F2728 #649F27

split-complementary

#279F9E #9F2764 #9F6227

monochromatic

#0F3D3C #1B6E6D #279F9E #36CECC #67DAD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#279F9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#279F9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279F9E

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279F9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279F9E	1.00	3.21	6.54	6.54
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94979E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#838A9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A49E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279f9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 159, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.100 194.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77bcba',
    500: '#279f9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279f9e;
$custom-light: #77bcba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279f9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.5,
    "s": 60.606,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64005,
    "c": 0.10039,
    "h": 194.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279F9E

secondary

#C06263

accent

#4445E4

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #279F9E

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

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