#279B72#279B72

#279B72 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.119 H 164.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279B72
RGB	rgb(39, 155, 114)
HSL	hsl(159, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(159, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.8%, 0%, 26.5%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.16, -41.63, 12.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.16, 43.48, 163.20°)
OKLab	oklab(61.61% -0.1144 0.0321)
OKLCH	oklch(61.61% 0.119 164.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.5936, 25.0871, 19.9368)
Luminance	0.2509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279B72 #9B2750

analogous

#279B38 #279B72 #278A9B

triadic

#279B72 #72279B #9B7227

tetradic

#279B72 #38279B #9B2750 #8A9B27

square

#279B72 #38279B #9B2750 #8A9B27

split-complementary

#279B72 #9B278A #9B3827

monochromatic

#0E392A #1B6A4E #279B72 #33CC96 #64D8AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#279B72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.02

#279B72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279B72

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279B72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279B72	1.00	3.49	6.02	6.02
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988F70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898575

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009B90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279b72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 155, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.119 164.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73b99a',
    500: '#279b72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279b72;
$custom-light: #73b99a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279b72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.793,
    "s": 59.794,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61612,
    "c": 0.11877,
    "h": 164.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279B72

secondary

#BE6081

accent

#457DE3

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EDF6F2

border

#C8D0CC

text

#09110E

muted

#7B807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #279B72

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

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