#279F7B#279F7B

#279F7B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.117 H 167.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279F7B
RGB	rgb(39, 159, 123)
HSL	hsl(162, 61%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(162, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 0%, 22.6%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.65, -41.14, 9.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.65, 42.25, 166.85°)
OKLab	oklab(62.91% -0.1141 0.0246)
OKLCH	oklch(62.91% 0.117 167.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.8080, 26.6557, 22.9943)
Luminance	0.2666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279F7B #9F274B

analogous

#279F3F #279F7B #27879F

triadic

#279F7B #7B279F #9F7B27

tetradic

#279F7B #3F279F #9F274B #879F27

square

#279F7B #3F279F #9F274B #879F27

split-complementary

#279F7B #9F2787 #9F3F27

monochromatic

#0F3D2F #1B6E55 #279F7B #36CEA0 #67DAB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#279F7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.33

#279F7B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279F7B

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279F7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279F7B	1.00	3.32	6.33	6.33
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9479

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C897D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279f7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 159, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.117 167.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74bca1',
    500: '#279f7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279f7b;
$custom-light: #74bca1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279f7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162,
    "s": 60.606,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62906,
    "c": 0.11668,
    "h": 167.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279F7B

secondary

#C0627E

accent

#4474E4

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EEF6F2

border

#C9D0CC

text

#09120F

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #279F7B

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

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