#279CA2#279CA2

#279CA2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.099 H 200.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279CA2
RGB	rgb(39, 156, 162)
HSL	hsl(183, 61%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(183, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.9%, 3.7%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.80, -28.83, -12.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.80, 31.32, 203.04°)
OKLab	oklab(63.39% -0.0925 -0.034)
OKLCH	oklch(63.39% 0.099 200.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.2438, 26.8146, 38.3369)
Luminance	0.2682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279CA2 #A22D27

analogous

#27A26B #279CA2 #275FA2

triadic

#279CA2 #A2279C #9CA227

tetradic

#279CA2 #6B27A2 #A22D27 #5FA227

square

#279CA2 #6B27A2 #A22D27 #5FA227

split-complementary

#279CA2 #A2275F #A26B27

monochromatic

#0F3D3F #1B6D71 #279CA2 #37C8CF #69D5DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#279CA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#279CA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279CA2

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279CA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279CA2	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)

#9095A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F88A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279ca2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 156, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.099 200.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77b9bd',
    500: '#279ca2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279ca2;
$custom-light: #77b9bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279ca2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.927,
    "s": 61.194,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63391,
    "c": 0.09861,
    "h": 200.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279CA2

secondary

#C16864

accent

#4B43E4

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #279CA2

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

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