#279AAD#279AAD

#279AAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.101 H 211.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279AAD
RGB	rgb(39, 154, 173)
HSL	hsl(189, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(189, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.5%, 11%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.56, -24.33, -18.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.56, 30.79, 217.78°)
OKLab	oklab(63.32% -0.0858 -0.0526)
OKLCH	oklch(63.32% 0.101 211.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.9319, 26.5572, 43.6026)
Luminance	0.2656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279AAD #AD3A27

analogous

#27AD7D #279AAD #2757AD

triadic

#279AAD #AD279A #9AAD27

tetradic

#279AAD #7D27AD #AD3A27 #57AD27

square

#279AAD #7D27AD #AD3A27 #57AD27

split-complementary

#279AAD #AD2757 #AD7D27

monochromatic

#104149 #1C6E7B #279AAD #3EBED3 #70CFDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#279AAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.31

#279AAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279AAD

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279AAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279AAD	1.00	3.33	6.31	6.31
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B94AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7987AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279aad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 154, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.101 211.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78b8c5',
    500: '#279aad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279aad;
$custom-light: #78b8c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279aad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.507,
    "s": 63.208,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63323,
    "c": 0.10062,
    "h": 211.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279AAD

secondary

#C6776A

accent

#5942E6

background

#F7FBFC

surface

#EEF6F8

border

#C9D0D1

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #279AAD

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

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