#279C7C#279C7C

#279C7C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.112 H 169.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279C7C
RGB	rgb(39, 156, 124)
HSL	hsl(164, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(164, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(75%, 0%, 20.5%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.71, -39.59, 7.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.71, 40.34, 168.98°)
OKLab	oklab(62.14% -0.1105 0.0197)
OKLCH	oklch(62.14% 0.112 169.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.3613, 25.6616, 23.1558)
Luminance	0.2566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279C7C #9C2747

analogous

#279C41 #279C7C #27819C

triadic

#279C7C #7C279C #9C7C27

tetradic

#279C7C #41279C #9C2747 #819C27

square

#279C7C #41279C #9C2747 #819C27

split-complementary

#279C7C #9C2781 #9C4127

monochromatic

#0F3A2E #1B6B55 #279C7C #34CCA3 #65D8B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#279C7C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#279C7C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279C7C

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279C7C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279C7C	1.00	3.42	6.13	6.13
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98917A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88867E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279c7c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 156, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.112 169.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74baa1',
    500: '#279c7c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279c7c;
$custom-light: #74baa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279c7c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.59,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62144,
    "c": 0.11221,
    "h": 169.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279C7C

secondary

#BE617A

accent

#4570E3

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EEF6F2

border

#C9D0CC

text

#09120F

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #279C7C

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

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