#279E77#279E77

#279E77 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.119 H 165.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279E77
RGB	rgb(39, 158, 119)
HSL	hsl(160, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(160, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 0%, 24.7%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.24, -41.69, 11.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.24, 43.19, 164.87°)
OKLab	oklab(62.54% -0.115 0.0288)
OKLCH	oklch(62.54% 0.119 165.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.3915, 26.2150, 21.6453)
Luminance	0.2622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279E77 #9E274E

analogous

#279E3B #279E77 #27899E

triadic

#279E77 #77279E #9E7727

tetradic

#279E77 #3B279E #9E274E #899E27

square

#279E77 #3B279E #9E274E #899E27

split-complementary

#279E77 #9E2789 #9E3B27

monochromatic

#0F3C2D #1B6D52 #279E77 #35CD9B #66D9B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#279E77 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.24

#279E77 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279E77

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279E77	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279E77	1.00	3.36	6.24	6.24
#FFFFFF	3.36	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)

#9A9275

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B887A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279e77;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 158, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.119 165.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74bb9e',
    500: '#279e77',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279e77;
$custom-light: #74bb9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279e77",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.336,
    "s": 60.406,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62536,
    "c": 0.11855,
    "h": 165.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279E77

secondary

#BF6280

accent

#4478E4

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EEF6F2

border

#C9D0CC

text

#09120E

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #279E77

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

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