#279BAA#279BAA

#279BAA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.100 H 208.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279BAA
RGB	rgb(39, 155, 170)
HSL	hsl(187, 63%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(187, 77%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.1%, 8.8%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.76, -25.81, -16.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.76, 30.82, 213.15°)
OKLab	oklab(63.45% -0.0881 -0.0469)
OKLCH	oklch(63.45% 0.1 208)
XYZ	xyz(19.8106, 26.7739, 42.1462)
Luminance	0.2678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279BAA #AA3627

analogous

#27AA77 #279BAA #2759AA

triadic

#279BAA #AA279B #9BAA27

tetradic

#279BAA #7727AA #AA3627 #59AA27

square

#279BAA #7727AA #AA3627 #59AA27

split-complementary

#279BAA #AA2759 #AA7727

monochromatic

#104046 #1C6E78 #279BAA #3CC1D2 #6ED1DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#279BAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#279BAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279BAA

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279BAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279BAA	1.00	3.30	6.36	6.36
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D95AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B88AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279baa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 155, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.100 208.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77b9c3',
    500: '#279baa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279baa;
$custom-light: #77b9c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279baa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.87,
    "s": 62.679,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63451,
    "c": 0.09977,
    "h": 208
  },
  "luminance": 0.26776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279BAA

secondary

#C47369

accent

#5542E6

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F7

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #279BAA

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

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