#279E76#279E76

#279E76 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.119 H 165.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279E76
RGB	rgb(39, 158, 118)
HSL	hsl(160, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(160, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 0%, 25.3%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.22, -41.93, 11.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.22, 43.56, 164.28°)
OKLab	oklab(62.51% -0.1155 0.0302)
OKLCH	oklch(62.51% 0.119 165.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.3317, 26.1911, 21.3307)
Luminance	0.2619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279E76 #9E274F

analogous

#279E3A #279E76 #278A9E

triadic

#279E76 #76279E #9E7627

tetradic

#279E76 #3A279E #9E274F #8A9E27

square

#279E76 #3A279E #9E274F #8A9E27

split-complementary

#279E76 #9E278A #9E3A27

monochromatic

#0F3C2D #1B6D51 #279E76 #35CD9A #66D9B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#279E76 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.24

#279E76 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279E76

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279E76	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279E76	1.00	3.37	6.24	6.24
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9274

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8779

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279e76;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 158, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.119 165.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74bb9d',
    500: '#279e76',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279e76;
$custom-light: #74bb9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279e76",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.832,
    "s": 60.406,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6251,
    "c": 0.11936,
    "h": 165.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279E76

secondary

#BF6281

accent

#447AE4

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EEF6F2

border

#C9D0CC

text

#09120E

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #279E76

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

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