#279E71#279E71

#279E71 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.124 H 162.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279E71
RGB	rgb(39, 158, 113)
HSL	hsl(157, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(157, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 0%, 28.5%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.11, -43.11, 14.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.11, 45.47, 161.47°)
OKLab	oklab(62.38% -0.1179 0.0368)
OKLCH	oklch(62.38% 0.124 162.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.0425, 26.0754, 19.8072)
Luminance	0.2608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279E71 #9E2754

analogous

#279E35 #279E71 #278F9E

triadic

#279E71 #71279E #9E7127

tetradic

#279E71 #35279E #9E2754 #8F9E27

square

#279E71 #35279E #9E2754 #8F9E27

split-complementary

#279E71 #9E278F #9E3527

monochromatic

#0F3C2B #1B6D4E #279E71 #35CD94 #66D9AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#279E71 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#279E71 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279E71

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279E71	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279E71	1.00	3.38	6.22	6.22
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B926E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8774

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279e71;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 158, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.124 162.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74bb9a',
    500: '#279e71',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279e71;
$custom-light: #74bb9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279e71",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.311,
    "s": 60.406,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62384,
    "c": 0.12355,
    "h": 162.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279E71

secondary

#BF6285

accent

#4480E4

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EEF6F2

border

#C9D0CC

text

#09120E

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #279E71

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

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