#279CA0#279CA0

#279CA0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.099 H 198.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279CA0
RGB	rgb(39, 156, 160)
HSL	hsl(182, 61%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(182, 76%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.6%, 2.5%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.74, -29.44, -11.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.74, 31.51, 200.86°)
OKLab	oklab(63.32% -0.0934 -0.0312)
OKLCH	oklch(63.32% 0.099 198.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.0675, 26.7440, 37.4081)
Luminance	0.2675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279CA0 #A02B27

analogous

#27A068 #279CA0 #2760A0

triadic

#279CA0 #A0279C #9CA027

tetradic

#279CA0 #6827A0 #A02B27 #60A027

square

#279CA0 #6827A0 #A02B27 #60A027

split-complementary

#279CA0 #A02760 #A06827

monochromatic

#0F3C3E #1B6C6F #279CA0 #36C9CE #67D6DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#279CA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.35

#279CA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279CA0

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279CA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279CA0	1.00	3.31	6.35	6.35
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9095A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F88A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279ca0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 156, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.099 198.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76b9bc',
    500: '#279ca0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279ca0;
$custom-light: #76b9bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279ca0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.983,
    "s": 60.804,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63316,
    "c": 0.0985,
    "h": 198.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279CA0

secondary

#C06663

accent

#4944E4

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #279CA0

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

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