#279D7B#279D7B

#279D7B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.114 H 168.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279D7B
RGB	rgb(39, 157, 123)
HSL	hsl(163, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(163, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.2%, 0%, 21.7%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.01, -40.28, 8.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.01, 41.21, 167.81°)
OKLab	oklab(62.38% -0.112 0.0222)
OKLCH	oklch(62.38% 0.114 168.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.4669, 25.9734, 22.8806)
Luminance	0.2597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279D7B #9D2749

analogous

#279D40 #279D7B #27849D

triadic

#279D7B #7B279D #9D7B27

tetradic

#279D7B #40279D #9D2749 #849D27

square

#279D7B #40279D #9D2749 #849D27

split-complementary

#279D7B #9D2784 #9D4027

monochromatic

#0F3B2E #1B6C55 #279D7B #35CDA1 #66D9B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#279D7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.19

#279D7B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279D7B

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279D7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279D7B	1.00	3.39	6.19	6.19
#FFFFFF	3.39	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)

#999279

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A877D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279d7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 157, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.114 168.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74bba1',
    500: '#279d7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279d7b;
$custom-light: #74bba1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279d7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.712,
    "s": 60.204,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62379,
    "c": 0.11418,
    "h": 168.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279D7B

secondary

#BF617C

accent

#4472E3

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EEF6F2

border

#C9D0CC

text

#09120E

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #279D7B

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

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