#279AAA#279AAA

#279AAA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.100 H 209.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#279AAA
RGBrgb(39, 154, 170)
HSLhsl(187, 63%, 41%)
HSVhsv(187, 77%, 67%)
CMYKcmyk(77.1%, 9.4%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LABlab(58.45, -25.30, -17.32)
CIE-LCHlch(58.45, 30.66, 214.40°)
OKLaboklab(63.2% -0.0871 -0.0482)
OKLCHoklch(63.2% 0.1 209)
XYZxyz(19.6448, 26.4424, 42.0909)
Luminance0.2645 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#279AAA #AA3727
analogous
#27AA78 #279AAA #2758AA
triadic
#279AAA #AA279A #9AAA27
tetradic
#279AAA #7827AA #AA3727 #58AA27
square
#279AAA #7827AA #AA3727 #58AA27
split-complementary
#279AAA #AA2758 #AA7827
monochromatic
#104046 #1C6D78 #279AAA #3CC0D2 #6ED0DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34
#279AAA on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.29
#279AAA on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279AAA
6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##279AAA#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##279AAA1.003.346.296.29
#FFFFFF3.341.0021.0021.00
#0000006.2921.001.001.00
##0000006.2921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#8C94AB
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7A87AA
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00A19F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #279aaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 154, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.100 209.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77b8c3',
    500: '#279aaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #279aaa;
$custom-light: #77b8c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#279aaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.328,
    "s": 62.679,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63201,
    "c": 0.09953,
    "h": 209
  },
  "luminance": 0.26445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#279AAA
secondary
#C47469
accent
#5642E6
background
#F7FBFB
surface
#EEF6F7
border
#C9D0D0
text
#0A1112
muted
#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #279AAA

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#279AAA Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva