#279CA6#279CA6

#279CA6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.099 H 203.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279CA6
RGB	rgb(39, 156, 166)
HSL	hsl(185, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(185, 77%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.5%, 6%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.94, -27.58, -14.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.94, 31.08, 207.45°)
OKLab	oklab(63.54% -0.0908 -0.0398)
OKLCH	oklch(63.54% 0.099 203.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.6050, 26.9590, 40.2393)
Luminance	0.2696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279CA6 #A63127

analogous

#27A670 #279CA6 #275DA6

triadic

#279CA6 #A6279C #9CA627

tetradic

#279CA6 #7027A6 #A63127 #5DA627

square

#279CA6 #7027A6 #A63127 #5DA627

split-complementary

#279CA6 #A6275D #A67027

monochromatic

#103F43 #1B6D74 #279CA6 #3AC5D1 #6BD3DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#279CA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.39

#279CA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279CA6

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279CA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279CA6	1.00	3.29	6.39	6.39
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F95A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D88A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279ca6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 156, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.099 203.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77b9c0',
    500: '#279ca6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279ca6;
$custom-light: #77b9c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279ca6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.724,
    "s": 61.951,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63544,
    "c": 0.09913,
    "h": 203.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279CA6

secondary

#C36D66

accent

#5043E5

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F7

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #279CA6

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

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