#279F7F#279F7F

#279F7F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.114 H 170.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279F7F
RGB	rgb(39, 159, 127)
HSL	hsl(164, 61%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(164, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 0%, 20.1%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.75, -40.13, 7.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.75, 40.83, 169.42°)
OKLab	oklab(63.02% -0.1121 0.0191)
OKLCH	oklch(63.02% 0.114 170.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.0636, 26.7579, 24.3400)
Luminance	0.2676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279F7F #9F2747

analogous

#279F43 #279F7F #27839F

triadic

#279F7F #7F279F #9F7F27

tetradic

#279F7F #43279F #9F2747 #839F27

square

#279F7F #43279F #9F2747 #839F27

split-complementary

#279F7F #9F2783 #9F4327

monochromatic

#0F3D30 #1B6E58 #279F7F #36CEA5 #67DABB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#279F7F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.35

#279F7F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279F7F

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279F7F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279F7F	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)

#9A947D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8981

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279f7f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 159, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.114 170.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74bca4',
    500: '#279f7f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279f7f;
$custom-light: #74bca4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279f7f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164,
    "s": 60.606,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63016,
    "c": 0.11372,
    "h": 170.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279F7F

secondary

#C0627B

accent

#446FE4

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#09120F

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #279F7F

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

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