#279CA4#279CA4

#279CA4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.099 H 201.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279CA4
RGB	rgb(39, 156, 164)
HSL	hsl(184, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(184, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.2%, 4.9%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.87, -28.20, -13.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.87, 31.18, 205.23°)
OKLab	oklab(63.47% -0.0917 -0.0369)
OKLCH	oklch(63.47% 0.099 201.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.4230, 26.8862, 39.2807)
Luminance	0.2689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279CA4 #A42F27

analogous

#27A46E #279CA4 #275EA4

triadic

#279CA4 #A4279C #9CA427

tetradic

#279CA4 #6E27A4 #A42F27 #5EA427

square

#279CA4 #6E27A4 #A42F27 #5EA427

split-complementary

#279CA4 #A4275E #A46E27

monochromatic

#0F3E41 #1B6D73 #279CA4 #38C6D0 #6AD4DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#279CA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#279CA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279CA4

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279CA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279CA4	1.00	3.29	6.38	6.38
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9095A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E88A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279ca4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 156, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.099 201.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77b9bf',
    500: '#279ca4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279ca4;
$custom-light: #77b9bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279ca4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.84,
    "s": 61.576,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63467,
    "c": 0.09882,
    "h": 201.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279CA4

secondary

#C26B65

accent

#4D43E5

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #279CA4

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

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