#279CA8#279CA8

#279CA8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.100 H 205.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279CA8
RGB	rgb(39, 156, 168)
HSL	hsl(186, 62%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(186, 77%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.8%, 7.1%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.00, -26.95, -15.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.00, 31.01, 209.68°)
OKLab	oklab(63.62% -0.0899 -0.0427)
OKLCH	oklch(63.62% 0.1 205.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.7899, 27.0330, 41.2131)
Luminance	0.2703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279CA8 #A83327

analogous

#27A873 #279CA8 #275CA8

triadic

#279CA8 #A8279C #9CA827

tetradic

#279CA8 #7327A8 #A83327 #5CA827

square

#279CA8 #7327A8 #A83327 #5CA827

split-complementary

#279CA8 #A8275C #A87327

monochromatic

#104045 #1B6E76 #279CA8 #3BC3D1 #6CD3DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#279CA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#279CA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279CA8

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279CA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279CA8	1.00	3.28	6.41	6.41
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F95A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D88A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279ca8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 156, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.100 205.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77b9c1',
    500: '#279ca8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279ca8;
$custom-light: #77b9c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279ca8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.581,
    "s": 62.319,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63622,
    "c": 0.09954,
    "h": 205.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279CA8

secondary

#C37067

accent

#5242E5

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F7

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #279CA8

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

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