#279A7B#279A7B

#279A7B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.110 H 170.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#279A7B
RGBrgb(39, 154, 123)
HSLhsl(164, 60%, 38%)
HSVhsv(164, 75%, 60%)
CMYKcmyk(74.7%, 0%, 20.1%, 39.6%)
CIE-LABlab(57.05, -38.98, 7.33)
CIE-LCHlch(57.05, 39.66, 169.35°)
OKLaboklab(61.59% -0.1089 0.0187)
OKLCHoklch(61.59% 0.11 170.3)
XYZxyz(15.9656, 24.9707, 22.7134)
Luminance0.2497 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#279A7B #9A2746
analogous
#279A41 #279A7B #277F9A
triadic
#279A7B #7B279A #9A7B27
tetradic
#279A7B #41279A #9A2746 #7F9A27
square
#279A7B #41279A #9A2746 #7F9A27
split-complementary
#279A7B #9A277F #9A4127
monochromatic
#0E382D #1B6954 #279A7B #33CBA2 #64D8B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50
#279A7B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.99
#279A7B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279A7B
5.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##279A7B#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##279A7B1.003.505.995.99
#FFFFFF3.501.0021.0021.00
#0000005.9921.001.001.00
##0000005.9921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#958F79
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#87847D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#009B91
Achromatopsia (no color)
#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #279a7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 154, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.110 170.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73b8a1',
    500: '#279a7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #279a7b;
$custom-light: #73b8a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#279a7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.826,
    "s": 59.585,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61589,
    "c": 0.11048,
    "h": 170.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#279A7B
secondary
#BD5F79
accent
#4570E3
background
#F7FBF9
surface
#EDF6F2
border
#C8D0CC
text
#09110E
muted
#7B807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #279A7B

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →

#279A7B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva