#279CAB#279CAB

#279CAB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.100 H 207.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279CAB
RGB	rgb(39, 156, 171)
HSL	hsl(187, 63%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(187, 77%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.2%, 8.8%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.11, -25.99, -16.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.11, 31.00, 213.03°)
OKLab	oklab(63.74% -0.0886 -0.047)
OKLCH	oklch(63.74% 0.1 207.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.0726, 27.1461, 42.7020)
Luminance	0.2715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279CAB #AB3627

analogous

#27AB78 #279CAB #275AAB

triadic

#279CAB #AB279C #9CAB27

tetradic

#279CAB #7827AB #AB3627 #5AAB27

square

#279CAB #7827AB #AB3627 #5AAB27

split-complementary

#279CAB #AB275A #AB7827

monochromatic

#104147 #1C6F79 #279CAB #3DC2D3 #6ED1DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#279CAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#279CAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279CAB

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279CAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279CAB	1.00	3.27	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E96AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C89AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279cab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 156, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.100 207.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78b9c4',
    500: '#279cab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279cab;
$custom-light: #78b9c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279cab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.818,
    "s": 62.857,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63741,
    "c": 0.10033,
    "h": 207.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279CAB

secondary

#C57469

accent

#5542E6

background

#F7FBFC

surface

#EEF6F8

border

#C9D0D1

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #279CAB

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

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