#279AA6#279AA6

#279AA6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.098 H 205.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279AA6
RGB	rgb(39, 154, 166)
HSL	hsl(186, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(186, 77%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.5%, 7.2%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.31, -26.58, -15.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.31, 30.65, 209.87°)
OKLab	oklab(63.04% -0.0888 -0.0424)
OKLCH	oklch(63.04% 0.098 205.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.2722, 26.2934, 40.1284)
Luminance	0.2630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279AA6 #A63327

analogous

#27A672 #279AA6 #275BA6

triadic

#279AA6 #A6279A #9AA627

tetradic

#279AA6 #7227A6 #A63327 #5BA627

square

#279AA6 #7227A6 #A63327 #5BA627

split-complementary

#279AA6 #A6275B #A67227

monochromatic

#103E43 #1B6C74 #279AA6 #3AC2D1 #6BD2DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#279AA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.26

#279AA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279AA6

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279AA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279AA6	1.00	3.36	6.26	6.26
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D94A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B87A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A19D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279aa6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 154, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.098 205.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77b8c0',
    500: '#279aa6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279aa6;
$custom-light: #77b8c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279aa6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.669,
    "s": 61.951,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63041,
    "c": 0.0984,
    "h": 205.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279AA6

secondary

#C36F66

accent

#5243E5

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F7

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #279AA6

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

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