#279BA3#279BA3

#279BA3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.098 H 202.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279BA3
RGB	rgb(39, 155, 163)
HSL	hsl(184, 61%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(184, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 4.9%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.52, -28.02, -13.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.52, 30.99, 205.30°)
OKLab	oklab(63.18% -0.0911 -0.0368)
OKLCH	oklch(63.18% 0.098 202)
XYZ	xyz(19.1659, 26.5160, 38.7512)
Luminance	0.2652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279BA3 #A32F27

analogous

#27A36D #279BA3 #275DA3

triadic

#279BA3 #A3279B #9BA327

tetradic

#279BA3 #6D27A3 #A32F27 #5DA327

square

#279BA3 #6D27A3 #A32F27 #5DA327

split-complementary

#279BA3 #A3275D #A36D27

monochromatic

#0F3D40 #1B6C72 #279BA3 #38C6CF #69D4DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#279BA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#279BA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279BA3

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279BA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279BA3	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)

#8F94A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D87A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A19D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279ba3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 155, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.098 202.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77b9be',
    500: '#279ba3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279ba3;
$custom-light: #77b9be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279ba3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.871,
    "s": 61.386,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63176,
    "c": 0.09825,
    "h": 202
  },
  "luminance": 0.26518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279BA3

secondary

#C16A64

accent

#4E43E4

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #279BA3

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

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