#279D79#279D79

#279D79 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.116 H 167.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279D79
RGB	rgb(39, 157, 121)
HSL	hsl(162, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(162, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.2%, 0%, 22.9%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.96, -40.78, 9.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.96, 41.93, 166.54°)
OKLab	oklab(62.33% -0.113 0.025)
OKLCH	oklch(62.33% 0.116 167.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.3430, 25.9238, 22.2279)
Luminance	0.2593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279D79 #9D274B

analogous

#279D3E #279D79 #27869D

triadic

#279D79 #79279D #9D7927

tetradic

#279D79 #3E279D #9D274B #869D27

square

#279D79 #3E279D #9D274B #869D27

split-complementary

#279D79 #9D2786 #9D3E27

monochromatic

#0F3B2D #1B6C53 #279D79 #35CD9E #66D9B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#279D79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.19

#279D79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279D79

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279D79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279D79	1.00	3.40	6.19	6.19
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999277

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A877B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279d79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 157, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.116 167.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74bb9f',
    500: '#279d79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279d79;
$custom-light: #74bb9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279d79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.695,
    "s": 60.204,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62325,
    "c": 0.1157,
    "h": 167.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279D79

secondary

#BF617E

accent

#4475E3

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EEF6F2

border

#C9D0CC

text

#09120E

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #279D79

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

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