#279E6E#279E6E

#279E6E is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.126 H 161.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279E6E
RGB	rgb(39, 158, 110)
HSL	hsl(156, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(156, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 0%, 30.4%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.05, -43.80, 16.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.05, 46.64, 159.89°)
OKLab	oklab(62.31% -0.1194 0.0407)
OKLCH	oklch(62.31% 0.126 161.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.8764, 26.0090, 18.9323)
Luminance	0.2601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279E6E #9E2757

analogous

#279E32 #279E6E #27929E

triadic

#279E6E #6E279E #9E6E27

tetradic

#279E6E #32279E #9E2757 #929E27

square

#279E6E #32279E #9E2757 #929E27

split-complementary

#279E6E #9E2792 #9E3227

monochromatic

#0F3C2A #1B6D4C #279E6E #35CD90 #66D9AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#279E6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#279E6E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279E6E

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279E6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279E6E	1.00	3.39	6.20	6.20
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C926B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8771

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279e6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 158, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.126 161.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73bb97',
    500: '#279e6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279e6e;
$custom-light: #73bb97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279e6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.798,
    "s": 60.406,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62312,
    "c": 0.12617,
    "h": 161.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279E6E

secondary

#BF6287

accent

#4485E4

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EEF6F2

border

#C9D0CC

text

#09120D

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #279E6E

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

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