#279E7F#279E7F

#279E7F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.113 H 170.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279E7F
RGB	rgb(39, 158, 127)
HSL	hsl(164, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(164, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 0%, 19.6%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.43, -39.70, 7.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.43, 40.32, 169.94°)
OKLab	oklab(62.75% -0.1111 0.0179)
OKLCH	oklch(62.75% 0.113 170.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.8923, 26.4153, 24.2829)
Luminance	0.2642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279E7F #9E2746

analogous

#279E43 #279E7F #27819E

triadic

#279E7F #7F279E #9E7F27

tetradic

#279E7F #43279E #9E2746 #819E27

square

#279E7F #43279E #9E2746 #819E27

split-complementary

#279E7F #9E2781 #9E4327

monochromatic

#0F3C30 #1B6D58 #279E7F #35CDA6 #66D9BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#279E7F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.28

#279E7F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279E7F

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279E7F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279E7F	1.00	3.34	6.28	6.28
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99937D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8881

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279e7f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 158, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.113 170.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74bba4',
    500: '#279e7f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279e7f;
$custom-light: #74bba4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279e7f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.37,
    "s": 60.406,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62754,
    "c": 0.11251,
    "h": 170.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279E7F

secondary

#BF627A

accent

#446EE4

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#09120F

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #279E7F

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

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