#279BA8#279BA8

#279BA8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.099 H 206.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279BA8
RGB	rgb(39, 155, 168)
HSL	hsl(186, 62%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(186, 77%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.8%, 7.7%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.69, -26.45, -15.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.69, 30.82, 210.90°)
OKLab	oklab(63.37% -0.0889 -0.044)
OKLCH	oklch(63.37% 0.099 206.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.6228, 26.6988, 41.1574)
Luminance	0.2670 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279BA8 #A83427

analogous

#27A875 #279BA8 #275AA8

triadic

#279BA8 #A8279B #9BA827

tetradic

#279BA8 #7527A8 #A83427 #5AA827

square

#279BA8 #7527A8 #A83427 #5AA827

split-complementary

#279BA8 #A8275A #A87527

monochromatic

#103F45 #1B6D76 #279BA8 #3BC2D1 #6CD2DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#279BA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.34

#279BA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279BA8

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279BA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279BA8	1.00	3.31	6.34	6.34
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D95A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C88A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279ba8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 155, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.099 206.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77b9c1',
    500: '#279ba8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279ba8;
$custom-light: #77b9c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279ba8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.047,
    "s": 62.319,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63371,
    "c": 0.09922,
    "h": 206.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279BA8

secondary

#C37167

accent

#5342E5

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F7

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #279BA8

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

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