#279CAC#279CAC

#279CAC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.101 H 208.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279CAC
RGB	rgb(39, 156, 172)
HSL	hsl(187, 63%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(187, 77%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.3%, 9.3%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.14, -25.67, -17.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.14, 31.02, 214.14°)
OKLab	oklab(63.78% -0.0882 -0.0485)
OKLCH	oklch(63.78% 0.101 208.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.1683, 27.1844, 43.2059)
Luminance	0.2719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279CAC #AC3727

analogous

#27AC7A #279CAC #275AAC

triadic

#279CAC #AC279C #9CAC27

tetradic

#279CAC #7A27AC #AC3727 #5AAC27

square

#279CAC #7A27AC #AC3727 #5AAC27

split-complementary

#279CAC #AC275A #AC7A27

monochromatic

#104248 #1C6F7A #279CAC #3DC1D3 #6FD1DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#279CAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#279CAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279CAC

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279CAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279CAC	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E96AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B89AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279cac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 156, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.101 208.8);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279cac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.218,
    "s": 63.033,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63781,
    "c": 0.10064,
    "h": 208.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279CAC

secondary

#C5756A

accent

#5542E6

background

#F7FBFC

surface

#EEF6F8

border

#C9D0D1

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #279CAC

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

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