#279D73#279D73

#279D73 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.121 H 164.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279D73
RGB	rgb(39, 157, 115)
HSL	hsl(159, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(159, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.2%, 0%, 26.8%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.83, -42.23, 12.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.83, 44.17, 162.96°)
OKLab	oklab(62.17% -0.1159 0.033)
OKLCH	oklch(62.17% 0.121 164.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.9864, 25.7812, 20.3501)
Luminance	0.2578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279D73 #9D2751

analogous

#279D38 #279D73 #278C9D

triadic

#279D73 #73279D #9D7327

tetradic

#279D73 #38279D #9D2751 #8C9D27

square

#279D73 #38279D #9D2751 #8C9D27

split-complementary

#279D73 #9D278C #9D3827

monochromatic

#0F3B2B #1B6C4F #279D73 #35CD97 #66D9B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#279D73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#279D73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279D73

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279D73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279D73	1.00	3.41	6.16	6.16
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9171

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8776

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279d73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 157, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.121 164.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73bb9b',
    500: '#279d73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279d73;
$custom-light: #73bb9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279d73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.644,
    "s": 60.204,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62169,
    "c": 0.12055,
    "h": 164.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279D73

secondary

#BF6182

accent

#447DE3

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EEF6F2

border

#C9D0CC

text

#09120E

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #279D73

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

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