#279D6E#279D6E

#279D6E is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.125 H 161.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279D6E
RGB	rgb(39, 157, 110)
HSL	hsl(156, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(156, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.2%, 0%, 29.9%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.72, -43.39, 15.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.72, 46.10, 160.24°)
OKLab	oklab(62.05% -0.1184 0.0396)
OKLCH	oklch(62.05% 0.125 161.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.7065, 25.6692, 18.8757)
Luminance	0.2567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279D6E #9D2756

analogous

#279D33 #279D6E #27919D

triadic

#279D6E #6E279D #9D6E27

tetradic

#279D6E #33279D #9D2756 #919D27

square

#279D6E #33279D #9D2756 #919D27

split-complementary

#279D6E #9D2791 #9D3327

monochromatic

#0F3B29 #1B6C4C #279D6E #35CD90 #66D9AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#279D6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#279D6E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279D6E

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279D6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279D6E	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)

#9B916B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8671

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279d6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 157, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.125 161.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73bb97',
    500: '#279d6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279d6e;
$custom-light: #73bb97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279d6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.102,
    "s": 60.204,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62046,
    "c": 0.12485,
    "h": 161.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279D6E

secondary

#BF6186

accent

#4484E3

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EEF6F2

border

#C9D0CC

text

#09120D

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #279D6E

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

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