#279BA5#279BA5

#279BA5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.099 H 203.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279BA5
RGB	rgb(39, 155, 165)
HSL	hsl(185, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(185, 76%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.4%, 6.1%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.59, -27.39, -14.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.59, 30.89, 207.53°)
OKLab	oklab(63.25% -0.0902 -0.0397)
OKLCH	oklch(63.25% 0.099 203.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.3466, 26.5883, 39.7024)
Luminance	0.2659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279BA5 #A53127

analogous

#27A570 #279BA5 #275CA5

triadic

#279BA5 #A5279B #9BA527

tetradic

#279BA5 #7027A5 #A53127 #5CA527

square

#279BA5 #7027A5 #A53127 #5CA527

split-complementary

#279BA5 #A5275C #A57027

monochromatic

#103E42 #1B6D74 #279BA5 #39C4D0 #6AD3DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#279BA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.32

#279BA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279BA5

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279BA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279BA5	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)

#8E94A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D87A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279ba5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 155, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.099 203.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77b9bf',
    500: '#279ba5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279ba5;
$custom-light: #77b9bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279ba5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.762,
    "s": 61.765,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63253,
    "c": 0.09856,
    "h": 203.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279BA5

secondary

#C26D66

accent

#5043E5

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F7

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #279BA5

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

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