#279AA8#279AA8

#279AA8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.099 H 207.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279AA8
RGB	rgb(39, 154, 168)
HSL	hsl(187, 62%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(187, 77%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.8%, 8.3%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.38, -25.94, -16.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.38, 30.63, 212.13°)
OKLab	oklab(63.12% -0.0879 -0.0453)
OKLCH	oklch(63.12% 0.099 207.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.4571, 26.3673, 41.1021)
Luminance	0.2637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279AA8 #A83527

analogous

#27A876 #279AA8 #2759A8

triadic

#279AA8 #A8279A #9AA827

tetradic

#279AA8 #7627A8 #A83527 #59A827

square

#279AA8 #7627A8 #A83527 #59A827

split-complementary

#279AA8 #A82759 #A87627

monochromatic

#103F45 #1B6C76 #279AA8 #3BC1D1 #6CD1DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#279AA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.27

#279AA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279AA8

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279AA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279AA8	1.00	3.35	6.27	6.27
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C94A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A87A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A19E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279aa8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 154, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.099 207.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77b8c1',
    500: '#279aa8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279aa8;
$custom-light: #77b8c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279aa8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.512,
    "s": 62.319,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6312,
    "c": 0.09892,
    "h": 207.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279AA8

secondary

#C37167

accent

#5442E5

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F7

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #279AA8

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

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