#279AA5#279AA5

#279AA5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.098 H 204.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279AA5
RGB	rgb(39, 154, 165)
HSL	hsl(185, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(185, 76%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.4%, 6.7%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.28, -26.89, -14.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.28, 30.67, 208.74°)
OKLab	oklab(63% -0.0892 -0.041)
OKLCH	oklch(63% 0.098 204.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.1808, 26.2568, 39.6472)
Luminance	0.2626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279AA5 #A53227

analogous

#27A571 #279AA5 #275BA5

triadic

#279AA5 #A5279A #9AA527

tetradic

#279AA5 #7127A5 #A53227 #5BA527

square

#279AA5 #7127A5 #A53227 #5BA527

split-complementary

#279AA5 #A5275B #A57127

monochromatic

#103E42 #1B6C74 #279AA5 #39C3D0 #6AD2DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#279AA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.25

#279AA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279AA5

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279AA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279AA5	1.00	3.36	6.25	6.25
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D93A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B87A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A19D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279aa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 154, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.098 204.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77b8bf',
    500: '#279aa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279aa5;
$custom-light: #77b8bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279aa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.238,
    "s": 61.765,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63002,
    "c": 0.09818,
    "h": 204.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279AA5

secondary

#C26E66

accent

#5143E5

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F7

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #279AA5

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

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