#279D7F#279D7F

#279D7F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.111 H 171.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279D7F
RGB	rgb(39, 157, 127)
HSL	hsl(165, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(165, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.2%, 0%, 19.1%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.11, -39.26, 6.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.11, 39.81, 170.48°)
OKLab	oklab(62.49% -0.11 0.0168)
OKLCH	oklch(62.49% 0.111 171.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.7224, 26.0756, 24.2263)
Luminance	0.2608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279D7F #9D2745

analogous

#279D44 #279D7F #27809D

triadic

#279D7F #7F279D #9D7F27

tetradic

#279D7F #44279D #9D2745 #809D27

square

#279D7F #44279D #9D2745 #809D27

split-complementary

#279D7F #9D2780 #9D4427

monochromatic

#0F3B30 #1B6C57 #279D7F #35CDA6 #66D9BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#279D7F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#279D7F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279D7F

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279D7F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279D7F	1.00	3.38	6.22	6.22
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98927E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898781

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279d7f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 157, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.111 171.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74bba4',
    500: '#279d7f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279d7f;
$custom-light: #74bba4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279d7f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.746,
    "s": 60.204,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62491,
    "c": 0.11131,
    "h": 171.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279D7F

secondary

#BF6179

accent

#446DE3

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#09120F

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #279D7F

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

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