#279B79#279B79

#279B79 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.113 H 168.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279B79
RGB	rgb(39, 155, 121)
HSL	hsl(162, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(162, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.8%, 0%, 21.9%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.32, -39.92, 8.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.32, 40.89, 167.50°)
OKLab	oklab(61.8% -0.1109 0.0226)
OKLCH	oklch(61.8% 0.113 168.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.0074, 25.2526, 22.1161)
Luminance	0.2525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279B79 #9B2749

analogous

#279B3F #279B79 #27839B

triadic

#279B79 #79279B #9B7927

tetradic

#279B79 #3F279B #9B2749 #839B27

square

#279B79 #3F279B #9B2749 #839B27

split-complementary

#279B79 #9B2783 #9B3F27

monochromatic

#0E392D #1B6A53 #279B79 #33CC9F #64D8B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#279B79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#279B79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279B79

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279B79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279B79	1.00	3.47	6.05	6.05
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979077

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88857B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009C91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279b79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 155, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.113 168.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73b99f',
    500: '#279b79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279b79;
$custom-light: #73b99f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279b79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.414,
    "s": 59.794,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61797,
    "c": 0.11319,
    "h": 168.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279B79

secondary

#BE607B

accent

#4573E3

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EEF6F2

border

#C9D0CC

text

#09110E

muted

#7B807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #279B79

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

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