#279A7C#279A7C

#279A7C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.110 H 170.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279A7C
RGB	rgb(39, 154, 124)
HSL	hsl(164, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(164, 75%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.7%, 0%, 19.5%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.07, -38.72, 6.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.07, 39.31, 170.04°)
OKLab	oklab(61.62% -0.1084 0.0173)
OKLCH	oklch(61.62% 0.11 170.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.0285, 24.9959, 23.0448)
Luminance	0.2500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279A7C #9A2745

analogous

#279A43 #279A7C #277E9A

triadic

#279A7C #7C279A #9A7C27

tetradic

#279A7C #43279A #9A2745 #7E9A27

square

#279A7C #43279A #9A2745 #7E9A27

split-complementary

#279A7C #9A277E #9A4327

monochromatic

#0E382D #1B6955 #279A7C #33CBA3 #64D8B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#279A7C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#279A7C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279A7C

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279A7C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279A7C	1.00	3.50	6.00	6.00
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958F7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86847E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009B91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279a7c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 154, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.110 170.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73b8a1',
    500: '#279a7c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279a7c;
$custom-light: #73b8a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279a7c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.348,
    "s": 59.585,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61617,
    "c": 0.10977,
    "h": 170.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279A7C

secondary

#BD5F78

accent

#456EE3

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EEF6F2

border

#C9D0CC

text

#09110F

muted

#7B807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #279A7C

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

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