#279D7E#279D7E

#279D7E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.112 H 170.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279D7E
RGB	rgb(39, 157, 126)
HSL	hsl(164, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(164, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.2%, 0%, 19.7%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.08, -39.52, 7.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.08, 40.15, 169.80°)
OKLab	oklab(62.46% -0.1105 0.0181)
OKLCH	oklch(62.46% 0.112 170.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.6576, 26.0496, 23.8848)
Luminance	0.2605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279D7E #9D2746

analogous

#279D43 #279D7E #27819D

triadic

#279D7E #7E279D #9D7E27

tetradic

#279D7E #43279D #9D2746 #819D27

square

#279D7E #43279D #9D2746 #819D27

split-complementary

#279D7E #9D2781 #9D4327

monochromatic

#0F3B2F #1B6C57 #279D7E #35CDA5 #66D9BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#279D7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.21

#279D7E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279D7E

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279D7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279D7E	1.00	3.38	6.21	6.21
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98927C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898780

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279d7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 157, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.112 170.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74bba3',
    500: '#279d7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279d7e;
$custom-light: #74bba3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279d7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.237,
    "s": 60.204,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62463,
    "c": 0.11201,
    "h": 170.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279D7E

secondary

#BF617A

accent

#446EE3

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F3

border

#C9D0CD

text

#09120F

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #279D7E

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

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