#279E6F#279E6F

#279E6F is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.125 H 161.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279E6F
RGB	rgb(39, 158, 111)
HSL	hsl(156, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(156, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 0%, 29.7%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.07, -43.57, 15.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.07, 46.25, 160.41°)
OKLab	oklab(62.34% -0.1189 0.0394)
OKLCH	oklch(62.34% 0.125 161.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.9311, 26.0309, 19.2207)
Luminance	0.2603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279E6F #9E2756

analogous

#279E34 #279E6F #27919E

triadic

#279E6F #6F279E #9E6F27

tetradic

#279E6F #34279E #9E2756 #919E27

square

#279E6F #34279E #9E2756 #919E27

split-complementary

#279E6F #9E2791 #9E3427

monochromatic

#0F3C2A #1B6D4D #279E6F #35CD91 #66D9AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#279E6F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.21

#279E6F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279E6F

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279E6F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279E6F	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)

#9C926C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8772

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279e6f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 158, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.125 161.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74bb98',
    500: '#279e6f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279e6f;
$custom-light: #74bb98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279e6f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.303,
    "s": 60.406,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62336,
    "c": 0.12529,
    "h": 161.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279E6F

secondary

#BF6287

accent

#4483E4

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EEF6F2

border

#C9D0CC

text

#09120D

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #279E6F

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

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