#279AAB#279AAB

#279AAB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.100 H 209.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279AAB
RGB	rgb(39, 154, 171)
HSL	hsl(188, 63%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(188, 77%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.2%, 9.9%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.49, -24.98, -17.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.49, 30.69, 215.53°)
OKLab	oklab(63.24% -0.0866 -0.0497)
OKLCH	oklch(63.24% 0.1 209.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.7398, 26.4804, 42.5910)
Luminance	0.2648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279AAB #AB3827

analogous

#27AB7A #279AAB #2758AB

triadic

#279AAB #AB279A #9AAB27

tetradic

#279AAB #7A27AB #AB3827 #58AB27

square

#279AAB #7A27AB #AB3827 #58AB27

split-complementary

#279AAB #AB2758 #AB7A27

monochromatic

#104047 #1C6D79 #279AAB #3DBFD3 #6ED0DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#279AAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#279AAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279AAB

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279AAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279AAB	1.00	3.34	6.30	6.30
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B94AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7987AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279aab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 154, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.100 209.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77b8c4',
    500: '#279aab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279aab;
$custom-light: #77b8c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279aab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.727,
    "s": 62.857,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63241,
    "c": 0.09987,
    "h": 209.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279AAB

secondary

#C57569

accent

#5742E6

background

#F7FBFC

surface

#EEF6F8

border

#C9D0D1

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #279AAB

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

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