#279C78#279C78

#279C78 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.115 H 167.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279C78
RGB	rgb(39, 156, 120)
HSL	hsl(162, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(162, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(75%, 0%, 23.1%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.62, -40.60, 9.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.62, 41.77, 166.38°)
OKLab	oklab(62.03% -0.1124 0.0251)
OKLCH	oklch(62.03% 0.115 167.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.1135, 25.5624, 21.8505)
Luminance	0.2556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279C78 #9C274B

analogous

#279C3D #279C78 #27859C

triadic

#279C78 #78279C #9C7827

tetradic

#279C78 #3D279C #9C274B #859C27

square

#279C78 #3D279C #9C274B #859C27

split-complementary

#279C78 #9C2785 #9C3D27

monochromatic

#0F3A2D #1B6B52 #279C78 #34CC9D #65D8B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#279C78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11

#279C78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279C78

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279C78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279C78	1.00	3.44	6.11	6.11
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989176

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89867A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279c78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 156, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.115 167.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73ba9f',
    500: '#279c78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279c78;
$custom-light: #73ba9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279c78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.538,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62034,
    "c": 0.11522,
    "h": 167.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279C78

secondary

#BE617D

accent

#4575E3

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EEF6F2

border

#C9D0CC

text

#09120E

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #279C78

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

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