#279DA9#279DA9

#279DA9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.100 H 205.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279DA9
RGB	rgb(39, 157, 169)
HSL	hsl(186, 63%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(186, 77%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.9%, 7.1%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.35, -27.13, -15.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.35, 31.20, 209.58°)
OKLab	oklab(63.91% -0.0905 -0.0428)
OKLCH	oklch(63.91% 0.1 205.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.0519, 27.4074, 41.7618)
Luminance	0.2741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279DA9 #A93327

analogous

#27A974 #279DA9 #275CA9

triadic

#279DA9 #A9279D #9DA927

tetradic

#279DA9 #7427A9 #A93327 #5CA927

square

#279DA9 #7427A9 #A93327 #5CA927

split-complementary

#279DA9 #A9275C #A97427

monochromatic

#104146 #1C6F77 #279DA9 #3BC4D2 #6DD3DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#279DA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#279DA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279DA9

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279DA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279DA9	1.00	3.24	6.48	6.48
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F96AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E89A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279da9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 157, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.100 205.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78bac2',
    500: '#279da9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279da9;
$custom-light: #78bac2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279da9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.538,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63912,
    "c": 0.1001,
    "h": 205.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279DA9

secondary

#C47068

accent

#5142E6

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F7

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #279DA9

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

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