#279979#279979

#279979 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.111 H 169.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279979
RGB	rgb(39, 153, 121)
HSL	hsl(163, 59%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(163, 75%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.5%, 0%, 20.9%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.68, -39.05, 7.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.68, 39.85, 168.52°)
OKLab	oklab(61.27% -0.1088 0.0203)
OKLCH	oklch(61.27% 0.111 169.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.6773, 24.5924, 22.0060)
Luminance	0.2459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279979 #992747

analogous

#279940 #279979 #278099

triadic

#279979 #792799 #997927

tetradic

#279979 #402799 #992747 #809927

square

#279979 #402799 #992747 #809927

split-complementary

#279979 #992780 #994027

monochromatic

#0E372C #1B6852 #279979 #33CAA0 #63D7B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#279979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.92

#279979 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279979

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279979	1.00	3.55	5.92	5.92
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958E77

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86847B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 153, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.111 169.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73b89f',
    500: '#279979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279979;
$custom-light: #73b89f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.158,
    "s": 59.375,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61269,
    "c": 0.1107,
    "h": 169.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279979

secondary

#BD5F79

accent

#4571E3

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EDF6F2

border

#C8D0CC

text

#09110E

muted

#7B807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #279979

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

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