#279F78#279F78

#279F78 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.119 H 166.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279F78
RGB	rgb(39, 159, 120)
HSL	hsl(161, 61%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(161, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 0%, 24.5%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.59, -41.87, 11.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.59, 43.34, 165.03°)
OKLab	oklab(62.83% -0.1155 0.0286)
OKLCH	oklch(62.83% 0.119 166.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.6231, 26.5817, 22.0203)
Luminance	0.2658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279F78 #9F274E

analogous

#279F3C #279F78 #278A9F

triadic

#279F78 #78279F #9F7827

tetradic

#279F78 #3C279F #9F274E #8A9F27

square

#279F78 #3C279F #9F274E #8A9F27

split-complementary

#279F78 #9F278A #9F3C27

monochromatic

#0F3D2E #1B6E53 #279F78 #36CE9C #67DAB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#279F78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.32

#279F78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279F78

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279F78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279F78	1.00	3.32	6.32	6.32
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9376

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C887B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279f78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 159, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.119 166.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74bc9f',
    500: '#279f78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279f78;
$custom-light: #74bc9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279f78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.5,
    "s": 60.606,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62827,
    "c": 0.11902,
    "h": 166.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279F78

secondary

#C06281

accent

#4478E4

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EEF6F2

border

#C9D0CC

text

#09120E

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #279F78

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

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