#279E40#279E40

#279E40 is a mid, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.168 H 146.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279E40
RGB	rgb(39, 158, 64)
HSL	hsl(133, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(133, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 0%, 59.5%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.32, -52.06, 39.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.32, 65.25, 142.92°)
OKLab	oklab(61.48% -0.1403 0.0931)
OKLCH	oklch(61.48% 0.168 146.4)
XYZ	xyz(13.9880, 25.2536, 8.9867)
Luminance	0.2525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279E40 #9E2785

analogous

#499E27 #279E40 #279E7B

triadic

#279E40 #40279E #9E4027

tetradic

#279E40 #27499E #9E2785 #9E7B27

square

#279E40 #27499E #9E2785 #9E7B27

split-complementary

#279E40 #7B279E #9E2749

monochromatic

#0F3C18 #1B6D2C #279E40 #35CD55 #66D97E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#279E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#279E40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279E40

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279E40	1.00	3.47	6.05	6.05
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A08F36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938648

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 158, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.168 146.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74bc78',
    500: '#279e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279e40;
$custom-light: #74bc78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 132.605,
    "s": 60.406,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61477,
    "c": 0.16833,
    "h": 146.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279E40

secondary

#BF62AC

accent

#44C2E4

background

#F7FBF7

surface

#EEF6ED

border

#C9D0C8

text

#091209

muted

#7B817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #279E40

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

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