#279BAD#279BAD

#279BAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.101 H 210.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279BAD
RGB	rgb(39, 155, 173)
HSL	hsl(188, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(188, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.5%, 10.4%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.87, -24.84, -18.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.87, 30.91, 216.51°)
OKLab	oklab(63.57% -0.0868 -0.0512)
OKLCH	oklch(63.57% 0.101 210.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.0976, 26.8887, 43.6579)
Luminance	0.2689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279BAD #AD3927

analogous

#27AD7C #279BAD #2758AD

triadic

#279BAD #AD279B #9BAD27

tetradic

#279BAD #7C27AD #AD3927 #58AD27

square

#279BAD #7C27AD #AD3927 #58AD27

split-complementary

#279BAD #AD2758 #AD7C27

monochromatic

#104249 #1C6E7B #279BAD #3EBFD3 #70D0DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#279BAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#279BAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279BAD

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279BAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279BAD	1.00	3.29	6.38	6.38
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C95AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A88AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279bad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 155, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.101 210.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78b8c5',
    500: '#279bad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279bad;
$custom-light: #78b8c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279bad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.06,
    "s": 63.208,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63572,
    "c": 0.10078,
    "h": 210.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279BAD

secondary

#C6776A

accent

#5842E6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #279BAD

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

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