#279CAE#279CAE

#279CAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.101 H 210.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279CAE
RGB	rgb(39, 156, 174)
HSL	hsl(188, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(188, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.6%, 10.3%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.22, -25.03, -18.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.22, 31.08, 216.37°)
OKLab	oklab(63.86% -0.0874 -0.0513)
OKLCH	oklch(63.86% 0.101 210.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.3618, 27.2618, 44.2251)
Luminance	0.2726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279CAE #AE3927

analogous

#27AE7D #279CAE #2759AE

triadic

#279CAE #AE279C #9CAE27

tetradic

#279CAE #7D27AE #AE3927 #59AE27

square

#279CAE #7D27AE #AE3927 #59AE27

split-complementary

#279CAE #AE2759 #AE7D27

monochromatic

#11424A #1C6F7C #279CAE #3EC0D4 #70D0DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#279CAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#279CAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279CAE

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279CAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279CAE	1.00	3.25	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D96AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B89AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279cae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 156, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.101 210.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78b9c6',
    500: '#279cae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279cae;
$custom-light: #78b9c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279cae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63863,
    "c": 0.10133,
    "h": 210.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279CAE

secondary

#C6776B

accent

#5741E6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0A1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #279CAE

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

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