#279E73#279E73

#279E73 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.122 H 163.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279E73
RGB	rgb(39, 158, 115)
HSL	hsl(158, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(158, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 0%, 27.2%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.15, -42.65, 13.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.15, 44.70, 162.57°)
OKLab	oklab(62.43% -0.117 0.0342)
OKLCH	oklch(62.43% 0.122 163.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.1563, 26.1209, 20.4067)
Luminance	0.2612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279E73 #9E2752

analogous

#279E37 #279E73 #278D9E

triadic

#279E73 #73279E #9E7327

tetradic

#279E73 #37279E #9E2752 #8D9E27

square

#279E73 #37279E #9E2752 #8D9E27

split-complementary

#279E73 #9E278D #9E3727

monochromatic

#0F3C2C #1B6D4F #279E73 #35CD96 #66D9B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#279E73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#279E73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279E73

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279E73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279E73	1.00	3.37	6.22	6.22
#FFFFFF	3.37	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)

#9B9271

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8776

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279e73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 158, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.122 163.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74bb9b',
    500: '#279e73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279e73;
$custom-light: #74bb9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279e73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.319,
    "s": 60.406,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62434,
    "c": 0.12185,
    "h": 163.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279E73

secondary

#BF6283

accent

#447EE4

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EEF6F2

border

#C9D0CC

text

#09120E

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #279E73

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

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