#279D6F#279D6F

#279D6F is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.124 H 162.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279D6F
RGB	rgb(39, 157, 111)
HSL	hsl(157, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(157, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.2%, 0%, 29.3%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.74, -43.16, 15.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.74, 45.71, 160.76°)
OKLab	oklab(62.07% -0.1179 0.0383)
OKLCH	oklch(62.07% 0.124 162)
XYZ	xyz(15.7612, 25.6911, 19.1641)
Luminance	0.2569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279D6F #9D2755

analogous

#279D34 #279D6F #27909D

triadic

#279D6F #6F279D #9D6F27

tetradic

#279D6F #34279D #9D2755 #909D27

square

#279D6F #34279D #9D2755 #909D27

split-complementary

#279D6F #9D2790 #9D3427

monochromatic

#0F3B2A #1B6C4C #279D6F #35CD91 #66D9AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#279D6F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#279D6F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279D6F

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279D6F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279D6F	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)

#9A916C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8672

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279d6f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 157, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.124 162.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73bb98',
    500: '#279d6f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279d6f;
$custom-light: #73bb98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279d6f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.61,
    "s": 60.204,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6207,
    "c": 0.12396,
    "h": 162
  },
  "luminance": 0.25693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279D6F

secondary

#BF6186

accent

#4482E3

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EEF6F2

border

#C9D0CC

text

#09120D

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #279D6F

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

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