#279AAE#279AAE

#279AAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.101 H 212.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279AAE
RGB	rgb(39, 154, 174)
HSL	hsl(189, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(189, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.6%, 11.5%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.60, -24.01, -19.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.60, 30.85, 218.90°)
OKLab	oklab(63.37% -0.0854 -0.054)
OKLCH	oklch(63.37% 0.101 212.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.0290, 26.5961, 44.1141)
Luminance	0.2660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279AAE #AE3B27

analogous

#27AE7F #279AAE #2757AE

triadic

#279AAE #AE279A #9AAE27

tetradic

#279AAE #7F27AE #AE3B27 #57AE27

square

#279AAE #7F27AE #AE3B27 #57AE27

split-complementary

#279AAE #AE2757 #AE7F27

monochromatic

#11424A #1C6E7C #279AAE #3EBED4 #70CFDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#279AAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.32

#279AAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279AAE

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279AAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279AAE	1.00	3.32	6.32	6.32
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B95AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7887AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279aae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 154, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.101 212.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78b8c6',
    500: '#279aae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279aae;
$custom-light: #78b8c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279aae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.889,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63365,
    "c": 0.10104,
    "h": 212.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279AAE

secondary

#C6786B

accent

#5A41E6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0A1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #279AAE

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

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