#279BA1#279BA1

#279BA1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.098 H 200.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279BA1
RGB	rgb(39, 155, 161)
HSL	hsl(183, 61%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(183, 76%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.8%, 3.7%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.46, -28.64, -12.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.46, 31.14, 203.09°)
OKLab	oklab(63.1% -0.092 -0.0339)
OKLCH	oklch(63.1% 0.098 200.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.9882, 26.4449, 37.8149)
Luminance	0.2645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279BA1 #A12D27

analogous

#27A16A #279BA1 #275EA1

triadic

#279BA1 #A1279B #9BA127

tetradic

#279BA1 #6A27A1 #A12D27 #5EA127

square

#279BA1 #6A27A1 #A12D27 #5EA127

split-complementary

#279BA1 #A1275E #A16A27

monochromatic

#0F3C3E #1B6C70 #279BA1 #37C7CE #68D5DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#279BA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.29

#279BA1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279BA1

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279BA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279BA1	1.00	3.34	6.29	6.29
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F94A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E87A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A19D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279ba1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 155, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.098 200.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76b9bc',
    500: '#279ba1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279ba1;
$custom-light: #76b9bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279ba1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.951,
    "s": 61,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.631,
    "c": 0.09804,
    "h": 200.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279BA1

secondary

#C06863

accent

#4C44E4

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #279BA1

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

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