#279AAC#279AAC

#279AAC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.100 H 210.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279AAC
RGB	rgb(39, 154, 172)
HSL	hsl(188, 63%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(188, 77%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.3%, 10.5%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.53, -24.66, -18.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.53, 30.73, 216.66°)
OKLab	oklab(63.28% -0.0862 -0.0511)
OKLCH	oklch(63.28% 0.1 210.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.8355, 26.5187, 43.0949)
Luminance	0.2652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279AAC #AC3927

analogous

#27AC7C #279AAC #2758AC

triadic

#279AAC #AC279A #9AAC27

tetradic

#279AAC #7C27AC #AC3927 #58AC27

square

#279AAC #7C27AC #AC3927 #58AC27

split-complementary

#279AAC #AC2758 #AC7C27

monochromatic

#104148 #1C6D7A #279AAC #3DBFD3 #6FCFDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#279AAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#279AAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279AAC

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279AAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279AAC	1.00	3.33	6.30	6.30
#FFFFFF	3.33	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)

#8B94AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7987AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279aac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 154, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.100 210.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78b8c4',
    500: '#279aac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279aac;
$custom-light: #78b8c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279aac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.12,
    "s": 63.033,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63282,
    "c": 0.10024,
    "h": 210.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279AAC

secondary

#C5766A

accent

#5842E6

background

#F7FBFC

surface

#EEF6F8

border

#C9D0D1

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #279AAC

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

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