#279A7E#279A7E

#279A7E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.108 H 172.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279A7E
RGB	rgb(39, 154, 126)
HSL	hsl(165, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(165, 75%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.7%, 0%, 18.2%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.12, -38.20, 5.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.12, 38.63, 171.47°)
OKLab	oklab(61.67% -0.1074 0.0146)
OKLCH	oklch(61.67% 0.108 172.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.1562, 25.0470, 23.7177)
Luminance	0.2505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279A7E #9A2743

analogous

#279A44 #279A7E #277C9A

triadic

#279A7E #7E279A #9A7E27

tetradic

#279A7E #44279A #9A2743 #7C9A27

square

#279A7E #44279A #9A2743 #7C9A27

split-complementary

#279A7E #9A277C #9A4427

monochromatic

#0E382E #1B6956 #279A7E #33CBA6 #64D8BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#279A7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.01

#279A7E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279A7E

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279A7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279A7E	1.00	3.49	6.01	6.01
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95907D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868580

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009B92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279a7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 154, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.108 172.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73b8a3',
    500: '#279a7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279a7e;
$custom-light: #73b8a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279a7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.391,
    "s": 59.585,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61674,
    "c": 0.1084,
    "h": 172.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279A7E

secondary

#BD5F76

accent

#456BE3

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F3

border

#C9D0CD

text

#09110F

muted

#7B807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #279A7E

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

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