#279B7E#279B7E

#279B7E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.110 H 171.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279B7E
RGB	rgb(39, 155, 126)
HSL	hsl(165, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(165, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.8%, 0%, 18.7%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.44, -38.64, 6.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.44, 39.14, 170.89°)
OKLab	oklab(61.94% -0.1084 0.0158)
OKLCH	oklch(61.94% 0.11 171.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.3220, 25.3784, 23.7729)
Luminance	0.2538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279B7E #9B2744

analogous

#279B44 #279B7E #277E9B

triadic

#279B7E #7E279B #9B7E27

tetradic

#279B7E #44279B #9B2744 #7E9B27

square

#279B7E #44279B #9B2744 #7E9B27

split-complementary

#279B7E #9B277E #9B4427

monochromatic

#0E392F #1B6A56 #279B7E #33CCA6 #64D8BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#279B7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.08

#279B7E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279B7E

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279B7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279B7E	1.00	3.46	6.08	6.08
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96907D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878580

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009C93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279b7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 155, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.110 171.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73b9a3',
    500: '#279b7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279b7e;
$custom-light: #73b9a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279b7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165,
    "s": 59.794,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61937,
    "c": 0.10959,
    "h": 171.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279B7E

secondary

#BE6077

accent

#456CE3

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F3

border

#C9D0CD

text

#09110F

muted

#7B807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #279B7E

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

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