#279AA9#279AA9

#279AA9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.099 H 208.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279AA9
RGB	rgb(39, 154, 169)
HSL	hsl(187, 63%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(187, 77%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.9%, 8.9%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.42, -25.62, -16.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.42, 30.64, 213.27°)
OKLab	oklab(63.16% -0.0875 -0.0468)
OKLCH	oklch(63.16% 0.099 208.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.5506, 26.4047, 41.5946)
Luminance	0.2641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279AA9 #A93627

analogous

#27A977 #279AA9 #2759A9

triadic

#279AA9 #A9279A #9AA927

tetradic

#279AA9 #7727A9 #A93627 #59A927

square

#279AA9 #7727A9 #A93627 #59A927

split-complementary

#279AA9 #A92759 #A97727

monochromatic

#103F46 #1C6D77 #279AA9 #3BC0D2 #6DD0DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#279AA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.28

#279AA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279AA9

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279AA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279AA9	1.00	3.34	6.28	6.28
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C94AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A87A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A19E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279aa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 154, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.099 208.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77b8c2',
    500: '#279aa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279aa9;
$custom-light: #77b8c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279aa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.923,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6316,
    "c": 0.09921,
    "h": 208.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279AA9

secondary

#C47368

accent

#5542E6

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F7

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #279AA9

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

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