#279A42#279A42

#279A42 is a mid, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.162 H 147.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279A42
RGB	rgb(39, 154, 66)
HSL	hsl(134, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(134, 75%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.7%, 0%, 57.1%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.02, -50.37, 36.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.02, 62.40, 143.82°)
OKLab	oklab(60.41% -0.1356 0.0878)
OKLCH	oklch(60.41% 0.162 147.1)
XYZ	xyz(13.3747, 23.9344, 9.0681)
Luminance	0.2394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279A42 #9A277F

analogous

#459A27 #279A42 #279A7B

triadic

#279A42 #42279A #9A4227

tetradic

#279A42 #27459A #9A277F #9A7B27

square

#279A42 #27459A #9A277F #9A7B27

split-complementary

#279A42 #7B279A #9A2745

monochromatic

#0E3818 #1B692D #279A42 #33CB57 #64D87F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#279A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#279A42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279A42

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279A42	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)

#9C8C3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8349

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009786

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 154, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.162 147.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73b979',
    500: '#279a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279a42;
$custom-light: #73b979;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 134.087,
    "s": 59.585,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60408,
    "c": 0.16157,
    "h": 147.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279A42

secondary

#BD5FA7

accent

#45BEE3

background

#F7FBF7

surface

#EEF6ED

border

#C9D0C8

text

#091209

muted

#7B817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #279A42

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

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