#279E59#279E59

#279E59 is a mid, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.146 H 152.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279E59
RGB	rgb(39, 158, 89)
HSL	hsl(145, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(145, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 0%, 43.7%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.66, -48.11, 27.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.66, 55.17, 150.69°)
OKLab	oklab(61.87% -0.1295 0.0667)
OKLCH	oklch(61.87% 0.146 152.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.8654, 25.6046, 13.6080)
Luminance	0.2561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279E59 #9E276C

analogous

#309E27 #279E59 #279E94

triadic

#279E59 #59279E #9E5927

tetradic

#279E59 #27309E #9E276C #9E9427

square

#279E59 #27309E #9E276C #9E9427

split-complementary

#279E59 #94279E #9E2730

monochromatic

#0F3C22 #1B6D3D #279E59 #35CD75 #66D997

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#279E59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12

#279E59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279E59

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279E59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279E59	1.00	3.43	6.12	6.12
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9154

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90875E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009C8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279e59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 158, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.146 152.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73bc89',
    500: '#279e59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279e59;
$custom-light: #73bc89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279e59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 145.21,
    "s": 60.406,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61867,
    "c": 0.14569,
    "h": 152.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279E59

secondary

#BF6298

accent

#44A1E4

background

#F7FBF8

surface

#EEF6F0

border

#C9D0CB

text

#09120B

muted

#7B817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #279E59

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

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