#279EA0#279EA0

#279EA0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.100 H 196.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279EA0
RGB	rgb(39, 158, 160)
HSL	hsl(181, 61%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(181, 76%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.6%, 1.2%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.36, -30.42, -10.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.36, 32.11, 198.68°)
OKLab	oklab(63.82% -0.0955 -0.0286)
OKLCH	oklch(63.82% 0.1 196.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.4058, 27.4208, 37.5209)
Luminance	0.2742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279EA0 #A02927

analogous

#27A066 #279EA0 #2762A0

triadic

#279EA0 #A0279E #9EA027

tetradic

#279EA0 #6627A0 #A02927 #62A027

square

#279EA0 #6627A0 #A02927 #62A027

split-complementary

#279EA0 #A02762 #A06627

monochromatic

#0F3D3E #1B6D6F #279EA0 #36CCCE #67D8DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#279EA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#279EA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279EA0

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279EA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279EA0	1.00	3.24	6.48	6.48
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9396A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#828AA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279ea0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 158, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.100 196.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77bbbc',
    500: '#279ea0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279ea0;
$custom-light: #77bbbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279ea0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.992,
    "s": 60.804,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63823,
    "c": 0.09965,
    "h": 196.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279EA0

secondary

#C06463

accent

#4744E4

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #279EA0

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

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