#279C72#279C72

#279C72 is a mid, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.120 H 163.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279C72
RGB	rgb(39, 156, 114)
HSL	hsl(158, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(158, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(75%, 0%, 26.9%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.48, -42.05, 13.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.48, 44.02, 162.79°)
OKLab	oklab(61.88% -0.1154 0.0332)
OKLCH	oklch(61.88% 0.12 163.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.7607, 25.4213, 19.9925)
Luminance	0.2542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279C72 #9C2751

analogous

#279C38 #279C72 #278B9C

triadic

#279C72 #72279C #9C7227

tetradic

#279C72 #38279C #9C2751 #8B9C27

square

#279C72 #38279C #9C2751 #8B9C27

split-complementary

#279C72 #9C278B #9C3827

monochromatic

#0F3A2A #1B6B4E #279C72 #34CC96 #65D8AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#279C72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.08

#279C72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279C72

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279C72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279C72	1.00	3.45	6.08	6.08
#FFFFFF	3.45	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)

#999070

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8675

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009C91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279c72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 156, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.120 163.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73ba9a',
    500: '#279c72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279c72;
$custom-light: #73ba9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279c72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.462,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61878,
    "c": 0.12008,
    "h": 163.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279C72

secondary

#BE6182

accent

#457EE3

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EEF6F2

border

#C9D0CC

text

#09120E

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #279C72

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

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