#279D78#279D78

#279D78 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.116 H 166.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279D78
RGB	rgb(39, 157, 120)
HSL	hsl(161, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(161, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.2%, 0%, 23.6%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.94, -41.02, 10.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.94, 42.29, 165.92°)
OKLab	oklab(62.3% -0.1135 0.0263)
OKLCH	oklch(62.3% 0.116 166.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.2820, 25.8994, 21.9066)
Luminance	0.2590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279D78 #9D274C

analogous

#279D3D #279D78 #27879D

triadic

#279D78 #78279D #9D7827

tetradic

#279D78 #3D279D #9D274C #879D27

square

#279D78 #3D279D #9D274C #879D27

split-complementary

#279D78 #9D2787 #9D3D27

monochromatic

#0F3B2D #1B6C53 #279D78 #35CD9D #66D9B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#279D78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#279D78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279D78

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279D78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279D78	1.00	3.40	6.18	6.18
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999276

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A877A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279d78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 157, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.116 166.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74bb9f',
    500: '#279d78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279d78;
$custom-light: #74bb9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279d78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.186,
    "s": 60.204,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62299,
    "c": 0.11648,
    "h": 166.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279D78

secondary

#BF617E

accent

#4476E3

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EEF6F2

border

#C9D0CC

text

#09120E

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #279D78

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

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