#279DA2#279DA2

#279DA2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.099 H 199.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279DA2
RGB	rgb(39, 157, 162)
HSL	hsl(182, 61%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(182, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.9%, 3.1%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.11, -29.32, -11.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.11, 31.60, 201.91°)
OKLab	oklab(63.64% -0.0935 -0.0327)
OKLCH	oklch(63.64% 0.099 199.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.4123, 27.1515, 38.3931)
Luminance	0.2715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279DA2 #A22C27

analogous

#27A26A #279DA2 #2760A2

triadic

#279DA2 #A2279D #9DA227

tetradic

#279DA2 #6A27A2 #A22C27 #60A227

square

#279DA2 #6A27A2 #A22C27 #60A227

split-complementary

#279DA2 #A22760 #A26A27

monochromatic

#0F3D3F #1B6D71 #279DA2 #37C9CF #69D6DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#279DA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#279DA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279DA2

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279DA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279DA2	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)

#9196A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8089A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279da2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 157, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.099 199.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77babd',
    500: '#279da2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279da2;
$custom-light: #77babd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279da2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.439,
    "s": 61.194,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63644,
    "c": 0.09912,
    "h": 199.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27154
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279DA2

secondary

#C16864

accent

#4A43E4

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #279DA2

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

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