#279779#279779

#279779 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.108 H 170.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279779
RGB	rgb(39, 151, 121)
HSL	hsl(164, 59%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(164, 74%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.2%, 0%, 19.9%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.03, -38.18, 7.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.03, 38.81, 169.59°)
OKLab	oklab(60.74% -0.1067 0.0179)
OKLCH	oklch(60.74% 0.108 170.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.3527, 23.9432, 21.8978)
Luminance	0.2394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279779 #972745

analogous

#279741 #279779 #277D97

triadic

#279779 #792797 #977927

tetradic

#279779 #412797 #972745 #7D9727

square

#279779 #412797 #972745 #7D9727

split-complementary

#279779 #97277D #974127

monochromatic

#0E362B #1A6652 #279779 #34C8A0 #62D6B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#279779 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#279779 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279779

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279779	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279779	1.00	3.63	5.79	5.79
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938D78

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84827B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00988E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279779;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 151, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.108 170.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72b69f',
    500: '#279779',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279779;
$custom-light: #72b69f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279779",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.929,
    "s": 58.947,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6074,
    "c": 0.10823,
    "h": 170.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279779

secondary

#BC5E77

accent

#4670E2

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EDF6F2

border

#C8D0CC

text

#09110E

muted

#7B807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #279779

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

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