#279959#279959

#279959 is a mid, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.139 H 153.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279959
RGB	rgb(39, 153, 89)
HSL	hsl(146, 59%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(146, 75%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.5%, 0%, 41.8%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.02, -46.19, 24.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.02, 52.46, 151.70°)
OKLab	oklab(60.51% -0.1245 0.0617)
OKLCH	oklch(60.51% 0.139 153.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.0298, 23.9334, 13.3295)
Luminance	0.2394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279959 #992767

analogous

#2E9927 #279959 #279992

triadic

#279959 #592799 #995927

tetradic

#279959 #272E99 #992767 #999227

square

#279959 #272E99 #992767 #999227

split-complementary

#279959 #922799 #99272E

monochromatic

#0E3720 #1B683D #279959 #33CA75 #63D796

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#279959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#279959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279959

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279959	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)

#998C54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B825D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009789

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 153, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.139 153.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72b888',
    500: '#279959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279959;
$custom-light: #72b888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 146.316,
    "s": 59.375,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60514,
    "c": 0.13894,
    "h": 153.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279959

secondary

#BD5F94

accent

#459EE3

background

#F7FBF8

surface

#EDF6F0

border

#C8D0CB

text

#09110B

muted

#7B807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #279959

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

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