#279A6E#279A6E

#279A6E is a mid, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.121 H 162.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279A6E
RGB	rgb(39, 154, 110)
HSL	hsl(157, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(157, 75%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.7%, 0%, 28.6%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.75, -42.15, 14.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.75, 44.49, 161.33°)
OKLab	oklab(61.25% -0.1153 0.0363)
OKLCH	oklch(61.25% 0.121 162.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.2051, 24.6665, 18.7086)
Luminance	0.2467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279A6E #9A2753

analogous

#279A34 #279A6E #278D9A

triadic

#279A6E #6E279A #9A6E27

tetradic

#279A6E #34279A #9A2753 #8D9A27

square

#279A6E #34279A #9A2753 #8D9A27

split-complementary

#279A6E #9A278D #9A3427

monochromatic

#0E3828 #1B694B #279A6E #33CB91 #64D8AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#279A6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.93

#279A6E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279A6E

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279A6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279A6E	1.00	3.54	5.93	5.93
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978E6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898471

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279a6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 154, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.121 162.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73b997',
    500: '#279a6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279a6e;
$custom-light: #73b997;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279a6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.043,
    "s": 59.585,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61246,
    "c": 0.12087,
    "h": 162.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279A6E

secondary

#BD5F83

accent

#4581E3

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EDF6F2

border

#C8D0CC

text

#09110D

muted

#7B807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #279A6E

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

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