#279CA9#279CA9

#279CA9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.100 H 206.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279CA9
RGB	rgb(39, 156, 169)
HSL	hsl(186, 63%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(186, 77%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.9%, 7.7%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.04, -26.63, -15.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.04, 31.00, 210.79°)
OKLab	oklab(63.66% -0.0895 -0.0441)
OKLCH	oklch(63.66% 0.1 206.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.8834, 27.0704, 41.7056)
Luminance	0.2707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279CA9 #A93427

analogous

#27A975 #279CA9 #275BA9

triadic

#279CA9 #A9279C #9CA927

tetradic

#279CA9 #7527A9 #A93427 #5BA927

square

#279CA9 #7527A9 #A93427 #5BA927

split-complementary

#279CA9 #A9275B #A97527

monochromatic

#104046 #1C6E77 #279CA9 #3BC3D2 #6DD2DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#279CA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#279CA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279CA9

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279CA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279CA9	1.00	3.27	6.41	6.41
#FFFFFF	3.27	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)

#8E96AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C88A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279ca9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 156, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.100 206.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77b9c2',
    500: '#279ca9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279ca9;
$custom-light: #77b9c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279ca9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63662,
    "c": 0.09978,
    "h": 206.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279CA9

secondary

#C47168

accent

#5342E6

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F7

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #279CA9

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

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