#279CA5#279CA5

#279CA5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.099 H 202.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279CA5
RGB	rgb(39, 156, 165)
HSL	hsl(184, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(184, 76%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.4%, 5.5%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.90, -27.89, -13.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.90, 31.12, 206.34°)
OKLab	oklab(63.51% -0.0912 -0.0384)
OKLCH	oklch(63.51% 0.099 202.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.5137, 26.9225, 39.7581)
Luminance	0.2692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279CA5 #A53027

analogous

#27A56F #279CA5 #275DA5

triadic

#279CA5 #A5279C #9CA527

tetradic

#279CA5 #6F27A5 #A53027 #5DA527

square

#279CA5 #6F27A5 #A53027 #5DA527

split-complementary

#279CA5 #A5275D #A56F27

monochromatic

#103E42 #1B6D74 #279CA5 #39C5D0 #6AD4DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#279CA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#279CA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279CA5

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279CA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279CA5	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)

#8F95A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E88A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279ca5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 156, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.099 202.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77b9bf',
    500: '#279ca5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279ca5;
$custom-light: #77b9bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279ca5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.286,
    "s": 61.765,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63505,
    "c": 0.09896,
    "h": 202.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279CA5

secondary

#C26C66

accent

#4F43E5

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F7

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #279CA5

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

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