#279BA6#279BA6

#279BA6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.099 H 204.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279BA6
RGB	rgb(39, 155, 166)
HSL	hsl(185, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(185, 77%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.5%, 6.6%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.63, -27.08, -14.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.63, 30.86, 208.65°)
OKLab	oklab(63.29% -0.0898 -0.0411)
OKLCH	oklch(63.29% 0.099 204.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.4379, 26.6248, 40.1836)
Luminance	0.2663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279BA6 #A63227

analogous

#27A672 #279BA6 #275BA6

triadic

#279BA6 #A6279B #9BA627

tetradic

#279BA6 #7227A6 #A63227 #5BA627

square

#279BA6 #7227A6 #A63227 #5BA627

split-complementary

#279BA6 #A6275B #A67227

monochromatic

#103E43 #1B6D74 #279BA6 #3AC4D1 #6BD2DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#279BA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.33

#279BA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279BA6

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279BA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279BA6	1.00	3.32	6.33	6.33
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E94A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C87A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279ba6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 155, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.099 204.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77b9c0',
    500: '#279ba6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279ba6;
$custom-light: #77b9c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279ba6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.197,
    "s": 61.951,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63292,
    "c": 0.09875,
    "h": 204.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279BA6

secondary

#C36E66

accent

#5143E5

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F7

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #279BA6

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

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