#279BAC#279BAC

#279BAC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.100 H 209.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279BAC
RGB	rgb(39, 155, 172)
HSL	hsl(188, 63%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(188, 77%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.3%, 9.9%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.84, -25.16, -17.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.84, 30.87, 215.39°)
OKLab	oklab(63.53% -0.0872 -0.0498)
OKLCH	oklch(63.53% 0.1 209.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.0012, 26.8501, 43.1502)
Luminance	0.2685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279BAC #AC3827

analogous

#27AC7B #279BAC #2759AC

triadic

#279BAC #AC279B #9BAC27

tetradic

#279BAC #7B27AC #AC3827 #59AC27

square

#279BAC #7B27AC #AC3827 #59AC27

split-complementary

#279BAC #AC2759 #AC7B27

monochromatic

#104148 #1C6E7A #279BAC #3DC0D3 #6FD0DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#279BAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.37

#279BAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279BAC

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279BAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279BAC	1.00	3.30	6.37	6.37
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C95AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A88AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279bac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 155, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.100 209.7);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279bac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.669,
    "s": 63.033,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63532,
    "c": 0.10043,
    "h": 209.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279BAC

secondary

#C5756A

accent

#5742E6

background

#F7FBFC

surface

#EEF6F8

border

#C9D0D1

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #279BAC

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

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