#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
RGB	rgb(39, 157, 168)
HSL	hsl(185, 62%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(185, 77%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.8%, 6.5%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.32, -27.45, -14.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.32, 31.22, 208.47°)
OKLab	oklab(63.87% -0.0909 -0.0414)
OKLCH	oklch(63.87% 0.1 204.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.9584, 27.3700, 41.2692)
Luminance	0.2737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##279DA8	1.00	3.24	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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