#279E7B#279E7B

#279E7B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.115 H 168.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279E7B
RGB	rgb(39, 158, 123)
HSL	hsl(162, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(162, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 0%, 22.2%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.33, -40.71, 9.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.33, 41.73, 167.32°)
OKLab	oklab(62.64% -0.113 0.0234)
OKLCH	oklch(62.64% 0.115 168.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.6368, 26.3131, 22.9372)
Luminance	0.2631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279E7B #9E274A

analogous

#279E3F #279E7B #27859E

triadic

#279E7B #7B279E #9E7B27

tetradic

#279E7B #3F279E #9E274A #859E27

square

#279E7B #3F279E #9E274A #859E27

split-complementary

#279E7B #9E2785 #9E3F27

monochromatic

#0F3C2F #1B6D55 #279E7B #35CDA0 #66D9B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#279E7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.26

#279E7B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279E7B

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279E7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279E7B	1.00	3.35	6.26	6.26
#FFFFFF	3.35	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)

#9A9379

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B887D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279e7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 158, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.115 168.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74bba1',
    500: '#279e7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279e7b;
$custom-light: #74bba1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279e7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.353,
    "s": 60.406,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62643,
    "c": 0.11543,
    "h": 168.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279E7B

secondary

#BF627D

accent

#4473E4

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EEF6F2

border

#C9D0CC

text

#09120E

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #279E7B

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

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