#279BAE#279BAE

#279BAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.101 H 211.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279BAE
RGB	rgb(39, 155, 174)
HSL	hsl(188, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(188, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.6%, 10.9%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.91, -24.52, -18.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.91, 30.96, 217.63°)
OKLab	oklab(63.61% -0.0864 -0.0527)
OKLCH	oklch(63.61% 0.101 211.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.1947, 26.9275, 44.1694)
Luminance	0.2693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279BAE #AE3A27

analogous

#27AE7D #279BAE #2758AE

triadic

#279BAE #AE279B #9BAE27

tetradic

#279BAE #7D27AE #AE3A27 #58AE27

square

#279BAE #7D27AE #AE3A27 #58AE27

split-complementary

#279BAE #AE2758 #AE7D27

monochromatic

#11424A #1C6E7C #279BAE #3EBFD4 #70CFDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#279BAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.39

#279BAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279BAE

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279BAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279BAE	1.00	3.29	6.39	6.39
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C95AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A88AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279bae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 155, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.101 211.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78b8c6',
    500: '#279bae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279bae;
$custom-light: #78b8c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279bae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.444,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63614,
    "c": 0.10118,
    "h": 211.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279BAE

secondary

#C6786B

accent

#5941E6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0A1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #279BAE

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

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