#279B59#279B59

#279B59 is a mid, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.142 H 153.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279B59
RGB	rgb(39, 155, 89)
HSL	hsl(146, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(146, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.8%, 0%, 42.6%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.68, -46.96, 25.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.68, 53.55, 151.29°)
OKLab	oklab(61.06% -0.1265 0.0638)
OKLCH	oklch(61.06% 0.142 153.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.3599, 24.5936, 13.4395)
Luminance	0.2460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279B59 #9B2769

analogous

#2F9B27 #279B59 #279B93

triadic

#279B59 #59279B #9B5927

tetradic

#279B59 #272F9B #9B2769 #9B9327

square

#279B59 #272F9B #9B2769 #9B9327

split-complementary

#279B59 #93279B #9B272F

monochromatic

#0E3921 #1B6A3D #279B59 #33CC75 #64D896

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#279B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.92

#279B59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279B59

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279B59	1.00	3.55	5.92	5.92
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8E54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D845D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00998B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 155, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.142 153.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73b988',
    500: '#279b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279b59;
$custom-light: #73b988;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 145.862,
    "s": 59.794,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61056,
    "c": 0.14165,
    "h": 153.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279B59

secondary

#BE6095

accent

#459FE3

background

#F7FBF8

surface

#EDF6F0

border

#C8D0CB

text

#09120B

muted

#7B817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #279B59

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

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