#279A6F#279A6F

#279A6F is a mid, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.120 H 163.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279A6F
RGB	rgb(39, 154, 111)
HSL	hsl(158, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(158, 75%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.7%, 0%, 27.9%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.77, -41.91, 13.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.77, 44.10, 161.89°)
OKLab	oklab(61.27% -0.1148 0.0349)
OKLCH	oklch(61.27% 0.12 163.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.2599, 24.6884, 18.9969)
Luminance	0.2469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279A6F #9A2752

analogous

#279A35 #279A6F #278B9A

triadic

#279A6F #6F279A #9A6F27

tetradic

#279A6F #35279A #9A2752 #8B9A27

square

#279A6F #35279A #9A2752 #8B9A27

split-complementary

#279A6F #9A278B #9A3527

monochromatic

#0E3829 #1B694C #279A6F #33CB92 #64D8AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#279A6F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.94

#279A6F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279A6F

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279A6F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279A6F	1.00	3.54	5.94	5.94
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978E6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898472

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279a6f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 154, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.120 163.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73b898',
    500: '#279a6f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279a6f;
$custom-light: #73b898;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279a6f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.565,
    "s": 59.585,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61271,
    "c": 0.12001,
    "h": 163.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279A6F

secondary

#BD5F83

accent

#4580E3

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EDF6F2

border

#C8D0CC

text

#09110D

muted

#7B807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #279A6F

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

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