#279BAB#279BAB

#279BAB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.100 H 208.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279BAB
RGB	rgb(39, 155, 171)
HSL	hsl(187, 63%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(187, 77%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.2%, 9.4%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.80, -25.49, -17.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.80, 30.84, 214.27°)
OKLab	oklab(63.49% -0.0876 -0.0483)
OKLCH	oklch(63.49% 0.1 208.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.9055, 26.8119, 42.6463)
Luminance	0.2681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279BAB #AB3727

analogous

#27AB79 #279BAB #2759AB

triadic

#279BAB #AB279B #9BAB27

tetradic

#279BAB #7927AB #AB3727 #59AB27

square

#279BAB #7927AB #AB3727 #59AB27

split-complementary

#279BAB #AB2759 #AB7927

monochromatic

#104147 #1C6E79 #279BAB #3DC0D3 #6ED0DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#279BAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#279BAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279BAB

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

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

#8D95AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B88AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279bab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 155, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.100 208.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78b9c4',
    500: '#279bab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279bab;
$custom-light: #78b9c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279bab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.273,
    "s": 62.857,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63491,
    "c": 0.10009,
    "h": 208.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279BAB

secondary

#C57469

accent

#5642E6

background

#F7FBFC

surface

#EEF6F8

border

#C9D0D1

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #279BAB

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

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