#279972#279972

#279972 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.116 H 165.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279972
RGB	rgb(39, 153, 114)
HSL	hsl(159, 59%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(159, 75%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.5%, 0%, 25.5%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.51, -40.78, 11.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.51, 42.41, 164.04°)
OKLab	oklab(61.08% -0.1123 0.0298)
OKLCH	oklch(61.08% 0.116 165.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.2635, 24.4269, 19.8268)
Luminance	0.2443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279972 #99274E

analogous

#279939 #279972 #278799

triadic

#279972 #722799 #997227

tetradic

#279972 #392799 #99274E #879927

square

#279972 #392799 #99274E #879927

split-complementary

#279972 #992787 #993927

monochromatic

#0E3729 #1B684E #279972 #33CA96 #63D7B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#279972 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.89

#279972 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279972

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279972	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279972	1.00	3.57	5.89	5.89
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968E70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878375

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00998E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279972;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 153, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.116 165.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73b89a',
    500: '#279972',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279972;
$custom-light: #73b89a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279972",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.474,
    "s": 59.375,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61081,
    "c": 0.11617,
    "h": 165.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279972

secondary

#BD5F7F

accent

#457BE3

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EDF6F2

border

#C8D0CC

text

#09110E

muted

#7B807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #279972

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

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