#2799A3#2799A3

#2799A3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.097 H 203.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2799A3
RGB	rgb(39, 153, 163)
HSL	hsl(185, 61%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(185, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 6.1%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.90, -27.03, -14.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.90, 30.52, 207.69°)
OKLab	oklab(62.67% -0.0891 -0.0394)
OKLCH	oklch(62.67% 0.097 203.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.8359, 25.8559, 38.6412)
Luminance	0.2586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2799A3 #A33127

analogous

#27A36F #2799A3 #275BA3

triadic

#2799A3 #A32799 #99A327

tetradic

#2799A3 #6F27A3 #A33127 #5BA327

square

#2799A3 #6F27A3 #A33127 #5BA327

split-complementary

#2799A3 #A3275B #A36F27

monochromatic

#0F3C40 #1B6B72 #2799A3 #38C3CF #69D2DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#2799A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#2799A3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2799A3

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2799A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2799A3	1.00	3.40	6.17	6.17
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C92A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B86A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2799a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 153, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.097 203.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76b7be',
    500: '#2799a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2799a3;
$custom-light: #76b7be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2799a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.839,
    "s": 61.386,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62671,
    "c": 0.09741,
    "h": 203.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2799A3

secondary

#C16C64

accent

#5043E4

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #2799A3

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →