#2799A8#2799A8

#2799A8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.099 H 208.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2799A8
RGB	rgb(39, 153, 168)
HSL	hsl(187, 62%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(187, 77%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.8%, 8.9%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.07, -25.44, -16.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.07, 30.46, 213.39°)
OKLab	oklab(62.87% -0.0869 -0.0467)
OKLCH	oklch(62.87% 0.099 208.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.2927, 26.0386, 41.0473)
Luminance	0.2604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2799A8 #A83627

analogous

#27A876 #2799A8 #2758A8

triadic

#2799A8 #A82799 #99A827

tetradic

#2799A8 #7627A8 #A83627 #58A827

square

#2799A8 #7627A8 #A83627 #58A827

split-complementary

#2799A8 #A82758 #A87627

monochromatic

#103F45 #1B6C76 #2799A8 #3BC0D1 #6CD0DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#2799A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.21

#2799A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2799A8

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2799A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2799A8	1.00	3.38	6.21	6.21
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B93A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7986A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A09D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2799a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 153, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.099 208.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77b7c1',
    500: '#2799a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2799a8;
$custom-light: #77b7c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2799a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.977,
    "s": 62.319,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62869,
    "c": 0.09865,
    "h": 208.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2799A8

secondary

#C37267

accent

#5542E5

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F7

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #2799A8

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

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