#279BA7#279BA7

#279BA7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.099 H 205.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279BA7
RGB	rgb(39, 155, 167)
HSL	hsl(186, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(186, 77%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.6%, 7.2%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.66, -26.76, -15.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.66, 30.83, 209.77°)
OKLab	oklab(63.33% -0.0893 -0.0426)
OKLCH	oklch(63.33% 0.099 205.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.5300, 26.6617, 40.6686)
Luminance	0.2666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279BA7 #A73327

analogous

#27A773 #279BA7 #275BA7

triadic

#279BA7 #A7279B #9BA727

tetradic

#279BA7 #7327A7 #A73327 #5BA727

square

#279BA7 #7327A7 #A73327 #5BA727

split-complementary

#279BA7 #A7275B #A77327

monochromatic

#103F44 #1B6D75 #279BA7 #3AC3D1 #6CD2DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#279BA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.33

#279BA7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279BA7

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279BA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279BA7	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)

#8E95A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C88A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279ba7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 155, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.099 205.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77b9c1',
    500: '#279ba7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279ba7;
$custom-light: #77b9c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279ba7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.625,
    "s": 62.136,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63332,
    "c": 0.09897,
    "h": 205.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279BA7

secondary

#C36F67

accent

#5243E5

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F7

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #279BA7

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

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