#279E79#279E79

#279E79 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.117 H 167.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279E79
RGB	rgb(39, 158, 121)
HSL	hsl(161, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(161, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 0%, 23.4%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.29, -41.20, 10.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.29, 42.45, 166.07°)
OKLab	oklab(62.59% -0.114 0.0261)
OKLCH	oklch(62.59% 0.117 167.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.5129, 26.2636, 22.2845)
Luminance	0.2627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279E79 #9E274C

analogous

#279E3E #279E79 #27879E

triadic

#279E79 #79279E #9E7927

tetradic

#279E79 #3E279E #9E274C #879E27

square

#279E79 #3E279E #9E274C #879E27

split-complementary

#279E79 #9E2787 #9E3E27

monochromatic

#0F3C2E #1B6D53 #279E79 #35CD9E #66D9B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#279E79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.25

#279E79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279E79

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279E79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279E79	1.00	3.36	6.25	6.25
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9377

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B887B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279e79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 158, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.117 167.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74bb9f',
    500: '#279e79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279e79;
$custom-light: #74bb9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279e79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.345,
    "s": 60.406,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62589,
    "c": 0.11696,
    "h": 167.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279E79

secondary

#BF627F

accent

#4476E4

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EEF6F2

border

#C9D0CC

text

#09120E

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #279E79

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

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