#279AA2#279AA2

#279AA2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.098 H 202.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279AA2
RGB	rgb(39, 154, 162)
HSL	hsl(184, 61%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(184, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.9%, 4.9%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.18, -27.84, -13.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.18, 30.81, 205.36°)
OKLab	oklab(62.89% -0.0905 -0.0367)
OKLCH	oklch(62.89% 0.098 202.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.9110, 26.1489, 38.2260)
Luminance	0.2615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279AA2 #A22F27

analogous

#27A26C #279AA2 #275DA2

triadic

#279AA2 #A2279A #9AA227

tetradic

#279AA2 #6C27A2 #A22F27 #5DA227

square

#279AA2 #6C27A2 #A22F27 #5DA227

split-complementary

#279AA2 #A2275D #A26C27

monochromatic

#0F3C3F #1B6B71 #279AA2 #37C5CF #69D3DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#279AA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.23

#279AA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279AA2

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279AA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279AA2	1.00	3.37	6.23	6.23
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E93A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C86A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A09C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279aa2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 154, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.098 202.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76b8bd',
    500: '#279aa2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279aa2;
$custom-light: #76b8bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279aa2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.902,
    "s": 61.194,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62885,
    "c": 0.09767,
    "h": 202.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279AA2

secondary

#C16A64

accent

#4E43E4

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #279AA2

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

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