#279DAD#279DAD

#279DAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.101 H 208.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279DAD
RGB	rgb(39, 157, 173)
HSL	hsl(187, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(187, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.5%, 9.2%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.49, -25.86, -17.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.49, 31.20, 214.02°)
OKLab	oklab(64.07% -0.0888 -0.0486)
OKLCH	oklch(64.07% 0.101 208.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.4332, 27.5599, 43.7697)
Luminance	0.2756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279DAD #AD3727

analogous

#27AD7A #279DAD #275AAD

triadic

#279DAD #AD279D #9DAD27

tetradic

#279DAD #7A27AD #AD3727 #5AAD27

square

#279DAD #7A27AD #AD3727 #5AAD27

split-complementary

#279DAD #AD275A #AD7A27

monochromatic

#104249 #1C707B #279DAD #3EC2D3 #70D1DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#279DAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#279DAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279DAD

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279DAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279DAD	1.00	3.22	6.51	6.51
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E97AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C8AAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279dad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 157, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.101 208.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78bac5',
    500: '#279dad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279dad;
$custom-light: #78bac5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279dad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.164,
    "s": 63.208,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64071,
    "c": 0.10119,
    "h": 208.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279DAD

secondary

#C6756A

accent

#5542E6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #279DAD

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

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