#279B6D#279B6D

#279B6D is a mid, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.123 H 161.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#279B6D
RGBrgb(39, 155, 109)
HSLhsl(156, 60%, 38%)
HSVhsv(156, 75%, 61%)
CMYKcmyk(74.8%, 0%, 29.7%, 39.2%)
CIE-LABlab(57.05, -42.79, 15.22)
CIE-LCHlch(57.05, 45.42, 160.42°)
OKLaboklab(61.49% -0.1168 0.0387)
OKLCHoklch(61.49% 0.123 161.7)
XYZxyz(15.3167, 24.9764, 18.4787)
Luminance0.2498 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#279B6D #9B2755
analogous
#279B33 #279B6D #278F9B
triadic
#279B6D #6D279B #9B6D27
tetradic
#279B6D #33279B #9B2755 #8F9B27
square
#279B6D #33279B #9B2755 #8F9B27
split-complementary
#279B6D #9B278F #9B3327
monochromatic
#0E3928 #1B6A4B #279B6D #33CC8F #64D8AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50
#279B6D on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00
#279B6D on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279B6D
6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##279B6D#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##279B6D1.003.506.006.00
#FFFFFF3.501.0021.0021.00
#0000006.0021.001.001.00
##0000006.0021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#998F6A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8A8570
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#009B8F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #279b6d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 155, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.123 161.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73b997',
    500: '#279b6d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #279b6d;
$custom-light: #73b997;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#279b6d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.207,
    "s": 59.794,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61488,
    "c": 0.12307,
    "h": 161.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#279B6D
secondary
#BE6085
accent
#4584E3
background
#F7FBF9
surface
#EDF6F2
border
#C8D0CC
text
#09120D
muted
#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #279B6D

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#279B6D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva