#279CA1#279CA1

#279CA1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.099 H 199.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279CA1
RGB	rgb(39, 156, 161)
HSL	hsl(182, 61%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(182, 76%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.8%, 3.1%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.77, -29.13, -11.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.77, 31.41, 201.95°)
OKLab	oklab(63.35% -0.093 -0.0326)
OKLCH	oklch(63.35% 0.099 199.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.1553, 26.7791, 37.8706)
Luminance	0.2678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279CA1 #A12C27

analogous

#27A169 #279CA1 #275FA1

triadic

#279CA1 #A1279C #9CA127

tetradic

#279CA1 #6927A1 #A12C27 #5FA127

square

#279CA1 #6927A1 #A12C27 #5FA127

split-complementary

#279CA1 #A1275F #A16927

monochromatic

#0F3D3E #1B6C70 #279CA1 #37C8CE #68D6DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#279CA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#279CA1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279CA1

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279CA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279CA1	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)

#9095A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F88A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279ca1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 156, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.099 199.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76b9bc',
    500: '#279ca1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279ca1;
$custom-light: #76b9bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279ca1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.459,
    "s": 61,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63353,
    "c": 0.09854,
    "h": 199.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279CA1

secondary

#C06763

accent

#4A44E4

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #279CA1

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

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