#279CAA#279CAA

#279CAA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.100 H 207.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279CAA
RGB	rgb(39, 156, 170)
HSL	hsl(186, 63%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(186, 77%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.1%, 8.2%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.07, -26.31, -16.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.07, 30.99, 211.91°)
OKLab	oklab(63.7% -0.0891 -0.0456)
OKLCH	oklch(63.7% 0.1 207.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.9777, 27.1081, 42.2019)
Luminance	0.2711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279CAA #AA3527

analogous

#27AA76 #279CAA #275AAA

triadic

#279CAA #AA279C #9CAA27

tetradic

#279CAA #7627AA #AA3527 #5AAA27

square

#279CAA #7627AA #AA3527 #5AAA27

split-complementary

#279CAA #AA275A #AA7627

monochromatic

#104146 #1C6E78 #279CAA #3CC2D2 #6ED2DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#279CAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#279CAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279CAA

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279CAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279CAA	1.00	3.27	6.42	6.42
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E96AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C89AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279caa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 156, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.100 207.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78b9c3',
    500: '#279caa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279caa;
$custom-light: #78b9c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279caa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.412,
    "s": 62.679,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63701,
    "c": 0.10005,
    "h": 207.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279CAA

secondary

#C47269

accent

#5442E6

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F7

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #279CAA

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

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