#279AA4#279AA4

#279AA4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.098 H 203.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279AA4
RGB	rgb(39, 154, 164)
HSL	hsl(185, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(185, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.2%, 6.1%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.25, -27.21, -14.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.25, 30.71, 207.61°)
OKLab	oklab(62.96% -0.0896 -0.0395)
OKLCH	oklch(62.96% 0.098 203.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.0902, 26.2205, 39.1697)
Luminance	0.2622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279AA4 #A43127

analogous

#27A470 #279AA4 #275CA4

triadic

#279AA4 #A4279A #9AA427

tetradic

#279AA4 #7027A4 #A43127 #5CA427

square

#279AA4 #7027A4 #A43127 #5CA427

split-complementary

#279AA4 #A4275C #A47027

monochromatic

#0F3D41 #1B6C73 #279AA4 #38C4D0 #6AD2DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#279AA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.24

#279AA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279AA4

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279AA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279AA4	1.00	3.36	6.24	6.24
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D93A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C87A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A19D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279aa4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 154, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.098 203.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77b8bf',
    500: '#279aa4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279aa4;
$custom-light: #77b8bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279aa4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.8,
    "s": 61.576,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62962,
    "c": 0.09799,
    "h": 203.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279AA4

secondary

#C26C65

accent

#5043E5

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #279AA4

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →