#279CA7#279CA7

#279CA7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.099 H 204.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279CA7
RGB	rgb(39, 156, 167)
HSL	hsl(185, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(185, 77%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.6%, 6.6%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.97, -27.26, -14.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.97, 31.04, 208.56°)
OKLab	oklab(63.58% -0.0903 -0.0412)
OKLCH	oklch(63.58% 0.099 204.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.6971, 26.9959, 40.7243)
Luminance	0.2700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279CA7 #A73227

analogous

#27A772 #279CA7 #275CA7

triadic

#279CA7 #A7279C #9CA727

tetradic

#279CA7 #7227A7 #A73227 #5CA727

square

#279CA7 #7227A7 #A73227 #5CA727

split-complementary

#279CA7 #A7275C #A77227

monochromatic

#103F44 #1B6E75 #279CA7 #3AC4D1 #6CD3DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#279CA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#279CA7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279CA7

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279CA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279CA7	1.00	3.28	6.40	6.40
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F95A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D88A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279ca7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 156, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.099 204.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77b9c1',
    500: '#279ca7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279ca7;
$custom-light: #77b9c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279ca7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.156,
    "s": 62.136,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63583,
    "c": 0.09932,
    "h": 204.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279CA7

secondary

#C36F67

accent

#5143E5

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F7

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #279CA7

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

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