#279D72#279D72

#279D72 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.121 H 163.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279D72
RGB	rgb(39, 157, 114)
HSL	hsl(158, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(158, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.2%, 0%, 27.4%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.81, -42.46, 13.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.81, 44.55, 162.40°)
OKLab	oklab(62.14% -0.1164 0.0343)
OKLCH	oklch(62.14% 0.121 163.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.9292, 25.7583, 20.0487)
Luminance	0.2576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279D72 #9D2752

analogous

#279D37 #279D72 #278D9D

triadic

#279D72 #72279D #9D7227

tetradic

#279D72 #37279D #9D2752 #8D9D27

square

#279D72 #37279D #9D2752 #8D9D27

split-complementary

#279D72 #9D278D #9D3727

monochromatic

#0F3B2B #1B6C4E #279D72 #35CD95 #66D9AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#279D72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#279D72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279D72

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279D72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279D72	1.00	3.41	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.41	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)

#9A9170

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8775

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279d72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 157, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.121 163.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73bb9a',
    500: '#279d72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279d72;
$custom-light: #73bb9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279d72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.136,
    "s": 60.204,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62144,
    "c": 0.12139,
    "h": 163.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279D72

secondary

#BF6183

accent

#447EE3

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EEF6F2

border

#C9D0CC

text

#09120E

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #279D72

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

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