#279E7A#279E7A

#279E7A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.116 H 167.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279E7A
RGB	rgb(39, 158, 122)
HSL	hsl(162, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(162, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 0%, 22.8%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.31, -40.96, 9.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.31, 42.09, 166.69°)
OKLab	oklab(62.62% -0.1135 0.0248)
OKLCH	oklch(62.62% 0.116 167.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.5745, 26.2882, 22.6092)
Luminance	0.2629 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279E7A #9E274B

analogous

#279E3E #279E7A #27869E

triadic

#279E7A #7A279E #9E7A27

tetradic

#279E7A #3E279E #9E274B #869E27

square

#279E7A #3E279E #9E274B #869E27

split-complementary

#279E7A #9E2786 #9E3E27

monochromatic

#0F3C2E #1B6D54 #279E7A #35CD9F #66D9B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#279E7A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.26

#279E7A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279E7A

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279E7A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279E7A	1.00	3.36	6.26	6.26
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9378

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B887C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279e7a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 158, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.116 167.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74bba0',
    500: '#279e7a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279e7a;
$custom-light: #74bba0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279e7a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.849,
    "s": 60.406,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62616,
    "c": 0.11619,
    "h": 167.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279E7A

secondary

#BF627E

accent

#4474E4

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EEF6F2

border

#C9D0CC

text

#09120E

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #279E7A

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

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