#279DAB#279DAB

#279DAB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.101 H 207.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279DAB
RGB	rgb(39, 157, 171)
HSL	hsl(186, 63%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(186, 77%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.2%, 8.2%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.42, -26.50, -16.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.42, 31.17, 211.80°)
OKLab	oklab(63.99% -0.0896 -0.0457)
OKLCH	oklch(63.99% 0.101 207)
XYZ	xyz(20.2411, 27.4831, 42.7582)
Luminance	0.2749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279DAB #AB3527

analogous

#27AB77 #279DAB #275BAB

triadic

#279DAB #AB279D #9DAB27

tetradic

#279DAB #7727AB #AB3527 #5BAB27

square

#279DAB #7727AB #AB3527 #5BAB27

split-complementary

#279DAB #AB275B #AB7727

monochromatic

#104147 #1C6F79 #279DAB #3DC3D3 #6ED2DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#279DAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#279DAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279DAB

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279DAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279DAB	1.00	3.23	6.50	6.50
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F97AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D89AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279dab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 157, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.101 207.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78bac4',
    500: '#279dab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279dab;
$custom-light: #78bac4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279dab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.364,
    "s": 62.857,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63991,
    "c": 0.10061,
    "h": 207
  },
  "luminance": 0.27486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279DAB

secondary

#C57369

accent

#5342E6

background

#F7FBFC

surface

#EEF6F8

border

#C9D0D1

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #279DAB

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

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