#279DA5#279DA5

#279DA5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.099 H 201.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279DA5
RGB	rgb(39, 157, 165)
HSL	hsl(184, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(184, 76%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.4%, 4.8%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.21, -28.39, -13.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.21, 31.36, 205.17°)
OKLab	oklab(63.76% -0.0922 -0.0371)
OKLCH	oklch(63.76% 0.099 201.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.6822, 27.2595, 39.8143)
Luminance	0.2726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279DA5 #A52F27

analogous

#27A56E #279DA5 #275EA5

triadic

#279DA5 #A5279D #9DA527

tetradic

#279DA5 #6E27A5 #A52F27 #5EA527

square

#279DA5 #6E27A5 #A52F27 #5EA527

split-complementary

#279DA5 #A5275E #A56E27

monochromatic

#103F42 #1B6E74 #279DA5 #39C7D0 #6AD5DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#279DA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#279DA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279DA5

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279DA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279DA5	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)

#9096A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F89A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279da5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 157, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.099 201.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77babf',
    500: '#279da5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279da5;
$custom-light: #77babf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279da5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.81,
    "s": 61.765,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63757,
    "c": 0.0994,
    "h": 201.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279DA5

secondary

#C26B66

accent

#4D43E5

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F7

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #279DA5

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

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