#279DA3#279DA3

#279DA3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.099 H 200.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279DA3
RGB	rgb(39, 157, 163)
HSL	hsl(183, 61%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(183, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 3.7%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.15, -29.01, -12.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.15, 31.51, 202.99°)
OKLab	oklab(63.68% -0.0931 -0.0342)
OKLCH	oklch(63.68% 0.099 200.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.5016, 27.1872, 38.8631)
Luminance	0.2719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279DA3 #A32D27

analogous

#27A36B #279DA3 #275FA3

triadic

#279DA3 #A3279D #9DA327

tetradic

#279DA3 #6B27A3 #A32D27 #5FA327

square

#279DA3 #6B27A3 #A32D27 #5FA327

split-complementary

#279DA3 #A3275F #A36B27

monochromatic

#0F3E40 #1B6D72 #279DA3 #38C8CF #69D6DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#279DA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#279DA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279DA3

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279DA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279DA3	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)

#9196A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8089A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279da3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 157, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.099 200.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77babe',
    500: '#279da3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279da3;
$custom-light: #77babe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279da3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.903,
    "s": 61.386,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63682,
    "c": 0.09919,
    "h": 200.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279DA3

secondary

#C16964

accent

#4B43E4

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #279DA3

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

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