#279970#279970

#279970 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.118 H 164.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279970
RGB	rgb(39, 153, 112)
HSL	hsl(158, 59%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(158, 75%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.5%, 0%, 26.8%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.47, -41.26, 12.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.47, 43.18, 162.86°)
OKLab	oklab(61.03% -0.1133 0.0325)
OKLCH	oklch(61.03% 0.118 164)
XYZ	xyz(15.1509, 24.3819, 19.2338)
Luminance	0.2438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279970 #992750

analogous

#279937 #279970 #278999

triadic

#279970 #702799 #997027

tetradic

#279970 #372799 #992750 #899927

square

#279970 #372799 #992750 #899927

split-complementary

#279970 #992789 #993727

monochromatic

#0E3729 #1B684C #279970 #33CA94 #63D7AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#279970 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#279970 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279970

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279970	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279970	1.00	3.57	5.88	5.88
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968E6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#888373

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00998E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279970;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 153, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.118 164.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73b899',
    500: '#279970',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279970;
$custom-light: #73b899;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279970",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.421,
    "s": 59.375,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61029,
    "c": 0.11784,
    "h": 164
  },
  "luminance": 0.24384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279970

secondary

#BD5F81

accent

#457EE3

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EDF6F2

border

#C8D0CC

text

#09110D

muted

#7B807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #279970

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

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