#279CA3#279CA3

#279CA3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.099 H 201.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279CA3
RGB	rgb(39, 156, 163)
HSL	hsl(183, 61%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(183, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 4.3%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.84, -28.51, -12.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.84, 31.25, 204.13°)
OKLab	oklab(63.43% -0.0921 -0.0355)
OKLCH	oklch(63.43% 0.099 201.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.3331, 26.8503, 38.8069)
Luminance	0.2685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279CA3 #A32E27

analogous

#27A36C #279CA3 #275EA3

triadic

#279CA3 #A3279C #9CA327

tetradic

#279CA3 #6C27A3 #A32E27 #5EA327

square

#279CA3 #6C27A3 #A32E27 #5EA327

split-complementary

#279CA3 #A3275E #A36C27

monochromatic

#0F3D40 #1B6D72 #279CA3 #38C7CF #69D5DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#279CA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.37

#279CA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279CA3

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279CA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279CA3	1.00	3.30	6.37	6.37
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9095A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E88A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279ca3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 156, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.099 201.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77b9be',
    500: '#279ca3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279ca3;
$custom-light: #77b9be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279ca3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.387,
    "s": 61.386,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63429,
    "c": 0.0987,
    "h": 201.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279CA3

secondary

#C16A64

accent

#4C43E4

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #279CA3

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

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