#279DA8#279DA8

#279DA8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.100 H 204.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#279DA8
RGBrgb(39, 157, 168)
HSLhsl(185, 62%, 41%)
HSVhsv(185, 77%, 66%)
CMYKcmyk(76.8%, 6.5%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LABlab(59.32, -27.45, -14.88)
CIE-LCHlch(59.32, 31.22, 208.47°)
OKLaboklab(63.87% -0.0909 -0.0414)
OKLCHoklch(63.87% 0.1 204.5)
XYZxyz(19.9584, 27.3700, 41.2692)
Luminance0.2737 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#279DA8 #A83227
analogous
#27A872 #279DA8 #275DA8
triadic
#279DA8 #A8279D #9DA827
tetradic
#279DA8 #7227A8 #A83227 #5DA827
square
#279DA8 #7227A8 #A83227 #5DA827
split-complementary
#279DA8 #A8275D #A87227
monochromatic
#104045 #1B6F76 #279DA8 #3BC5D1 #6CD3DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24
#279DA8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47
#279DA8 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279DA8
6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##279DA8#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##279DA81.003.246.476.47
#FFFFFF3.241.0021.0021.00
#0000006.4721.001.001.00
##0000006.4721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9096A9
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7E89A8
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00A4A0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #279da8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 157, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.100 204.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77bac1',
    500: '#279da8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #279da8;
$custom-light: #77bac1;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#279da8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.116,
    "s": 62.319,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63873,
    "c": 0.09989,
    "h": 204.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#279DA8
secondary
#C36F67
accent
#5042E5
background
#F7FBFB
surface
#EEF6F7
border
#C9D0D0
text
#0A1112
muted
#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #279DA8

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#279DA8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva