#279F7E#279F7E

#279F7E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.114 H 169.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279F7E
RGB	rgb(39, 159, 126)
HSL	hsl(164, 61%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(164, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 0%, 20.8%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.73, -40.39, 8.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.73, 41.18, 168.76°)
OKLab	oklab(62.99% -0.1126 0.0205)
OKLCH	oklch(62.99% 0.114 169.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.9987, 26.7319, 23.9985)
Luminance	0.2673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279F7E #9F2748

analogous

#279F42 #279F7E #27849F

triadic

#279F7E #7E279F #9F7E27

tetradic

#279F7E #42279F #9F2748 #849F27

square

#279F7E #42279F #9F2748 #849F27

split-complementary

#279F7E #9F2784 #9F4227

monochromatic

#0F3D30 #1B6E57 #279F7E #36CEA4 #67DABA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#279F7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.35

#279F7E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279F7E

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279F7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279F7E	1.00	3.31	6.35	6.35
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A947C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8980

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279f7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 159, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.114 169.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74bca3',
    500: '#279f7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279f7e;
$custom-light: #74bca3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279f7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.5,
    "s": 60.606,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62988,
    "c": 0.11444,
    "h": 169.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279F7E

secondary

#C0627C

accent

#4470E4

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F3

border

#C9D0CD

text

#09120F

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #279F7E

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

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