#279DAE#279DAE

#279DAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.102 H 209.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279DAE
RGB	rgb(39, 157, 174)
HSL	hsl(188, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(188, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.6%, 9.8%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.52, -25.54, -17.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.52, 31.22, 215.12°)
OKLab	oklab(64.11% -0.0883 -0.05)
OKLCH	oklch(64.11% 0.102 209.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.5303, 27.5987, 44.2812)
Luminance	0.2760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279DAE #AE3827

analogous

#27AE7C #279DAE #2759AE

triadic

#279DAE #AE279D #9DAE27

tetradic

#279DAE #7C27AE #AE3827 #59AE27

square

#279DAE #7C27AE #AE3827 #59AE27

split-complementary

#279DAE #AE2759 #AE7C27

monochromatic

#11434A #1C707C #279DAE #3EC1D4 #70D1DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#279DAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#279DAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279DAE

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279DAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279DAE	1.00	3.22	6.52	6.52
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E97AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C8AAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279dae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 157, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.102 209.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78bac6',
    500: '#279dae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279dae;
$custom-light: #78bac6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279dae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.556,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64112,
    "c": 0.10153,
    "h": 209.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279DAE

secondary

#C6766B

accent

#5641E6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0A1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #279DAE

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

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