#279DA4#279DA4

#279DA4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.099 H 201.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279DA4
RGB	rgb(39, 157, 164)
HSL	hsl(183, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(183, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.2%, 4.3%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.18, -28.70, -12.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.18, 31.43, 204.08°)
OKLab	oklab(63.72% -0.0927 -0.0356)
OKLCH	oklch(63.72% 0.099 201)
XYZ	xyz(19.5915, 27.2232, 39.3368)
Luminance	0.2723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279DA4 #A42E27

analogous

#27A46D #279DA4 #275FA4

triadic

#279DA4 #A4279D #9DA427

tetradic

#279DA4 #6D27A4 #A42E27 #5FA427

square

#279DA4 #6D27A4 #A42E27 #5FA427

split-complementary

#279DA4 #A4275F #A46D27

monochromatic

#0F3E41 #1B6E73 #279DA4 #38C7D0 #6AD5DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#279DA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#279DA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279DA4

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279DA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279DA4	1.00	3.26	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.26	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)

#9196A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F89A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279da4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 157, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.099 201.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77babf',
    500: '#279da4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279da4;
$custom-light: #77babf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279da4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.36,
    "s": 61.576,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63719,
    "c": 0.09928,
    "h": 201
  },
  "luminance": 0.27226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279DA4

secondary

#C26A65

accent

#4C43E5

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #279DA4

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

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