#279E75#279E75

#279E75 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.120 H 164.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279E75
RGB	rgb(39, 158, 117)
HSL	hsl(159, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(159, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 0%, 25.9%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.20, -42.17, 12.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.20, 43.94, 163.70°)
OKLab	oklab(62.49% -0.116 0.0315)
OKLCH	oklch(62.49% 0.12 164.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.2726, 26.1675, 21.0194)
Luminance	0.2617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279E75 #9E2750

analogous

#279E39 #279E75 #278B9E

triadic

#279E75 #75279E #9E7527

tetradic

#279E75 #39279E #9E2750 #8B9E27

square

#279E75 #39279E #9E2750 #8B9E27

split-complementary

#279E75 #9E278B #9E3927

monochromatic

#0F3C2C #1B6D51 #279E75 #35CD99 #66D9B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#279E75 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.23

#279E75 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279E75

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279E75	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279E75	1.00	3.37	6.23	6.23
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9273

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8778

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279e75;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 158, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.120 164.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74bb9c',
    500: '#279e75',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279e75;
$custom-light: #74bb9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279e75",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.328,
    "s": 60.406,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62485,
    "c": 0.12018,
    "h": 164.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279E75

secondary

#BF6282

accent

#447BE4

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EEF6F2

border

#C9D0CC

text

#09120E

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #279E75

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

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