#279DAC#279DAC

#279DAC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.101 H 207.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279DAC
RGB	rgb(39, 157, 172)
HSL	hsl(187, 63%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(187, 77%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.3%, 8.7%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.45, -26.18, -16.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.45, 31.18, 212.91°)
OKLab	oklab(64.03% -0.0892 -0.0471)
OKLCH	oklch(64.03% 0.101 207.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.3368, 27.5213, 43.2620)
Luminance	0.2752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279DAC #AC3627

analogous

#27AC79 #279DAC #275BAC

triadic

#279DAC #AC279D #9DAC27

tetradic

#279DAC #7927AC #AC3627 #5BAC27

square

#279DAC #7927AC #AC3627 #5BAC27

split-complementary

#279DAC #AC275B #AC7927

monochromatic

#104248 #1C6F7A #279DAC #3DC2D3 #6FD2DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#279DAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#279DAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279DAC

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279DAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279DAC	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)

#8F97AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D89AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279dac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 157, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.101 207.9);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279dac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.767,
    "s": 63.033,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64031,
    "c": 0.10089,
    "h": 207.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279DAC

secondary

#C5746A

accent

#5442E6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #279DAC

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

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