#279A78#279A78

#279A78 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.113 H 168.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279A78
RGB	rgb(39, 154, 120)
HSL	hsl(162, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(162, 75%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.7%, 0%, 22.1%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.97, -39.74, 8.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.97, 40.73, 167.34°)
OKLab	oklab(61.51% -0.1104 0.0228)
OKLCH	oklch(61.51% 0.113 168.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.7806, 24.8967, 21.7395)
Luminance	0.2490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279A78 #9A2749

analogous

#279A3F #279A78 #27829A

triadic

#279A78 #78279A #9A7827

tetradic

#279A78 #3F279A #9A2749 #829A27

square

#279A78 #3F279A #9A2749 #829A27

split-complementary

#279A78 #9A2782 #9A3F27

monochromatic

#0E382C #1B6952 #279A78 #33CB9E #64D8B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#279A78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#279A78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279A78

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279A78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279A78	1.00	3.51	5.98	5.98
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968F76

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87847A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009B90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279a78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 154, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.113 168.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73b89f',
    500: '#279a78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279a78;
$custom-light: #73b89f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279a78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.261,
    "s": 59.585,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61506,
    "c": 0.1127,
    "h": 168.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279A78

secondary

#BD5F7B

accent

#4574E3

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EDF6F2

border

#C8D0CC

text

#09110E

muted

#7B807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #279A78

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

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