#279BA0#279BA0

#279BA0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.098 H 199.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279BA0
RGB	rgb(39, 155, 160)
HSL	hsl(182, 61%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(182, 76%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.6%, 3.1%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.42, -28.95, -11.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.42, 31.22, 201.99°)
OKLab	oklab(63.06% -0.0924 -0.0325)
OKLCH	oklch(63.06% 0.098 199.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.9003, 26.4098, 37.3524)
Luminance	0.2641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279BA0 #A02C27

analogous

#27A069 #279BA0 #275FA0

triadic

#279BA0 #A0279B #9BA027

tetradic

#279BA0 #6927A0 #A02C27 #5FA027

square

#279BA0 #6927A0 #A02C27 #5FA027

split-complementary

#279BA0 #A0275F #A06927

monochromatic

#0F3C3E #1B6B6F #279BA0 #36C8CE #67D5DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#279BA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.28

#279BA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279BA0

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279BA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279BA0	1.00	3.34	6.28	6.28
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F94A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E87A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A19C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279ba0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 155, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.098 199.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76b9bc',
    500: '#279ba0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279ba0;
$custom-light: #76b9bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279ba0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.479,
    "s": 60.804,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63062,
    "c": 0.09796,
    "h": 199.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279BA0

secondary

#C06763

accent

#4A44E4

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #279BA0

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

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