#279DAA#279DAA

#279DAA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.100 H 206.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279DAA
RGB	rgb(39, 157, 170)
HSL	hsl(186, 63%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(186, 77%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.1%, 7.6%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.38, -26.81, -15.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.38, 31.18, 210.69°)
OKLab	oklab(63.95% -0.09 -0.0443)
OKLCH	oklch(63.95% 0.1 206.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.1462, 27.4451, 42.2581)
Luminance	0.2745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279DAA #AA3427

analogous

#27AA75 #279DAA #275BAA

triadic

#279DAA #AA279D #9DAA27

tetradic

#279DAA #7527AA #AA3427 #5BAA27

square

#279DAA #7527AA #AA3427 #5BAA27

split-complementary

#279DAA #AA275B #AA7527

monochromatic

#104146 #1C6F78 #279DAA #3CC3D2 #6ED3DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#279DAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#279DAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279DAA

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279DAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279DAA	1.00	3.24	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F97AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D89AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279daa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 157, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.100 206.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78bac3',
    500: '#279daa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279daa;
$custom-light: #78bac3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279daa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.954,
    "s": 62.679,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63952,
    "c": 0.10034,
    "h": 206.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279DAA

secondary

#C47269

accent

#5242E6

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F7

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #279DAA

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

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