#279C7D#279C7D

#279C7D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.112 H 170.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279C7D
RGB	rgb(39, 156, 125)
HSL	hsl(164, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(164, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(75%, 0%, 19.9%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.74, -39.34, 7.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.74, 39.99, 169.65°)
OKLab	oklab(62.17% -0.11 0.0183)
OKLCH	oklch(62.17% 0.112 170.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.4249, 25.6870, 23.4905)
Luminance	0.2569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279C7D #9C2746

analogous

#279C43 #279C7D #27809C

triadic

#279C7D #7D279C #9C7D27

tetradic

#279C7D #43279C #9C2746 #809C27

square

#279C7D #43279C #9C2746 #809C27

split-complementary

#279C7D #9C2780 #9C4327

monochromatic

#0F3A2F #1B6B56 #279C7D #34CCA4 #65D8BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#279C7D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#279C7D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279C7D

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279C7D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279C7D	1.00	3.42	6.14	6.14
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97917B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88867F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279c7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 156, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.112 170.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74baa2',
    500: '#279c7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279c7d;
$custom-light: #74baa2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279c7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.103,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62172,
    "c": 0.1115,
    "h": 170.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279C7D

secondary

#BE6179

accent

#456FE3

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EEF6F2

border

#C9D0CC

text

#09120F

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #279C7D

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

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