#279B7D#279B7D

#279B7D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.110 H 171.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279B7D
RGB	rgb(39, 155, 125)
HSL	hsl(164, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(164, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.8%, 0%, 19.4%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.42, -38.90, 6.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.42, 39.48, 170.19°)
OKLab	oklab(61.91% -0.1089 0.0171)
OKLCH	oklch(61.91% 0.11 171.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.2578, 25.3528, 23.4348)
Luminance	0.2535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279B7D #9B2745

analogous

#279B43 #279B7D #277F9B

triadic

#279B7D #7D279B #9B7D27

tetradic

#279B7D #43279B #9B2745 #7F9B27

square

#279B7D #43279B #9B2745 #7F9B27

split-complementary

#279B7D #9B277F #9B4327

monochromatic

#0E392E #1B6A56 #279B7D #33CCA4 #64D8BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#279B7D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#279B7D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279B7D

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279B7D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279B7D	1.00	3.46	6.07	6.07
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96907C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87857F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009C92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279b7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 155, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.110 171.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73b9a2',
    500: '#279b7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279b7d;
$custom-light: #73b9a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279b7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.483,
    "s": 59.794,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61909,
    "c": 0.11028,
    "h": 171.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279B7D

secondary

#BE6078

accent

#456EE3

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EEF6F2

border

#C9D0CC

text

#09110F

muted

#7B807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #279B7D

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

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