#279A72#279A72

#279A72 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.117 H 164.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279A72
RGB	rgb(39, 154, 114)
HSL	hsl(159, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(159, 75%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.7%, 0%, 26%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.84, -41.20, 12.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.84, 42.95, 163.61°)
OKLab	oklab(61.35% -0.1133 0.0309)
OKLCH	oklch(61.35% 0.117 164.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.4279, 24.7556, 19.8815)
Luminance	0.2476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279A72 #9A274F

analogous

#279A38 #279A72 #27899A

triadic

#279A72 #72279A #9A7227

tetradic

#279A72 #38279A #9A274F #899A27

square

#279A72 #38279A #9A274F #899A27

split-complementary

#279A72 #9A2789 #9A3827

monochromatic

#0E382A #1B694E #279A72 #33CB96 #64D8AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#279A72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.95

#279A72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279A72

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279A72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279A72	1.00	3.53	5.95	5.95
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978F70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#888475

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279a72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 154, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.117 164.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73b89a',
    500: '#279a72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279a72;
$custom-light: #73b89a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279a72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.13,
    "s": 59.585,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61347,
    "c": 0.11747,
    "h": 164.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279A72

secondary

#BD5F80

accent

#457CE3

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EDF6F2

border

#C8D0CC

text

#09110E

muted

#7B807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #279A72

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

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