#279E70#279E70

#279E70 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.124 H 162.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279E70
RGB	rgb(39, 158, 112)
HSL	hsl(157, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(157, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 0%, 29.1%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.09, -43.34, 14.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.09, 45.86, 160.93°)
OKLab	oklab(62.36% -0.1184 0.0381)
OKLCH	oklch(62.36% 0.124 162.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.9865, 26.0530, 19.5123)
Luminance	0.2606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279E70 #9E2755

analogous

#279E35 #279E70 #27909E

triadic

#279E70 #70279E #9E7027

tetradic

#279E70 #35279E #9E2755 #909E27

square

#279E70 #35279E #9E2755 #909E27

split-complementary

#279E70 #9E2790 #9E3527

monochromatic

#0F3C2A #1B6D4D #279E70 #35CD92 #66D9AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#279E70 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.21

#279E70 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279E70

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279E70	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279E70	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)

#9B926D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8773

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279e70;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 158, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.124 162.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74bb99',
    500: '#279e70',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279e70;
$custom-light: #74bb99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279e70",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.807,
    "s": 60.406,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6236,
    "c": 0.12442,
    "h": 162.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279E70

secondary

#BF6286

accent

#4482E4

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EEF6F2

border

#C9D0CC

text

#09120E

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #279E70

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

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