#279DA6#279DA6

#279DA6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.100 H 202.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279DA6
RGB	rgb(39, 157, 166)
HSL	hsl(184, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(184, 77%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.5%, 5.4%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.25, -28.07, -13.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.25, 31.31, 206.27°)
OKLab	oklab(63.8% -0.0918 -0.0385)
OKLCH	oklch(63.8% 0.1 202.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.7735, 27.2960, 40.2955)
Luminance	0.2730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279DA6 #A63027

analogous

#27A66F #279DA6 #275DA6

triadic

#279DA6 #A6279D #9DA627

tetradic

#279DA6 #6F27A6 #A63027 #5DA627

square

#279DA6 #6F27A6 #A63027 #5DA627

split-complementary

#279DA6 #A6275D #A66F27

monochromatic

#103F43 #1B6E74 #279DA6 #3AC6D1 #6BD4DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#279DA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#279DA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279DA6

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279DA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279DA6	1.00	3.25	6.46	6.46
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9096A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F89A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279da6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 157, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.100 202.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77bac0',
    500: '#279da6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279da6;
$custom-light: #77bac0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279da6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.252,
    "s": 61.951,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63796,
    "c": 0.09954,
    "h": 202.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279DA6

secondary

#C36D66

accent

#4E43E5

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F7

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #279DA6

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

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