#279D74#279D74

#279D74 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.120 H 164.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279D74
RGB	rgb(39, 157, 116)
HSL	hsl(159, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(159, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.2%, 0%, 26.1%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.85, -41.99, 12.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.85, 43.79, 163.53°)
OKLab	oklab(62.19% -0.1154 0.0317)
OKLCH	oklch(62.19% 0.12 164.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.0443, 25.8043, 20.6548)
Luminance	0.2581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279D74 #9D2750

analogous

#279D39 #279D74 #278B9D

triadic

#279D74 #74279D #9D7427

tetradic

#279D74 #39279D #9D2750 #8B9D27

square

#279D74 #39279D #9D2750 #8B9D27

split-complementary

#279D74 #9D278B #9D3927

monochromatic

#0F3B2C #1B6C50 #279D74 #35CD98 #66D9B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#279D74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#279D74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279D74

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279D74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279D74	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)

#9A9172

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8777

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279d74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 157, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.120 164.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73bb9c',
    500: '#279d74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279d74;
$custom-light: #73bb9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279d74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.153,
    "s": 60.204,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62194,
    "c": 0.11971,
    "h": 164.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279D74

secondary

#BF6182

accent

#447CE3

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EEF6F2

border

#C9D0CC

text

#09120E

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #279D74

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

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