#279A79#279A79

#279A79 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.112 H 169.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279A79
RGB	rgb(39, 154, 121)
HSL	hsl(163, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(163, 75%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.7%, 0%, 21.4%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.00, -39.49, 8.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.00, 40.37, 168.00°)
OKLab	oklab(61.53% -0.1099 0.0214)
OKLCH	oklch(61.53% 0.112 169)
XYZ	xyz(15.8416, 24.9211, 22.0608)
Luminance	0.2492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279A79 #9A2748

analogous

#279A40 #279A79 #27819A

triadic

#279A79 #79279A #9A7927

tetradic

#279A79 #40279A #9A2748 #819A27

square

#279A79 #40279A #9A2748 #819A27

split-complementary

#279A79 #9A2781 #9A4027

monochromatic

#0E382C #1B6953 #279A79 #33CB9F #64D8B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#279A79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#279A79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279A79

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279A79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279A79	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)

#968F77

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87847B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009B91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279a79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 154, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.112 169.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73b89f',
    500: '#279a79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279a79;
$custom-light: #73b89f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279a79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.783,
    "s": 59.585,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61533,
    "c": 0.11194,
    "h": 169
  },
  "luminance": 0.24923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279A79

secondary

#BD5F7A

accent

#4572E3

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EDF6F2

border

#C8D0CC

text

#09110E

muted

#7B807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #279A79

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

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