#279C7F#279C7F

#279C7F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.110 H 171.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279C7F
RGB	rgb(39, 156, 127)
HSL	hsl(165, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(165, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(75%, 0%, 18.6%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.79, -38.83, 6.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.79, 39.30, 171.04°)
OKLab	oklab(62.23% -0.109 0.0156)
OKLCH	oklch(62.23% 0.11 171.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.5539, 25.7386, 24.1702)
Luminance	0.2574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279C7F #9C2744

analogous

#279C44 #279C7F #277E9C

triadic

#279C7F #7F279C #9C7F27

tetradic

#279C7F #44279C #9C2744 #7E9C27

square

#279C7F #44279C #9C2744 #7E9C27

split-complementary

#279C7F #9C277E #9C4427

monochromatic

#0F3A2F #1B6B57 #279C7F #34CCA6 #65D8BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#279C7F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#279C7F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279C7F

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279C7F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279C7F	1.00	3.42	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97917E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#888681

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279c7f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 156, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.110 171.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74baa4',
    500: '#279c7f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279c7f;
$custom-light: #74baa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279c7f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.128,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62228,
    "c": 0.11011,
    "h": 171.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279C7F

secondary

#BE6178

accent

#456CE3

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#09120F

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #279C7F

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

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