#279EA1#279EA1

#279EA1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.100 H 197.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279EA1
RGB	rgb(39, 158, 161)
HSL	hsl(181, 61%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(181, 76%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.8%, 1.9%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.39, -30.11, -10.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.39, 31.99, 199.73°)
OKLab	oklab(63.86% -0.095 -0.03)
OKLCH	oklch(63.86% 0.1 197.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.4937, 27.4559, 37.9834)
Luminance	0.2746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279EA1 #A12A27

analogous

#27A167 #279EA1 #2761A1

triadic

#279EA1 #A1279E #9EA127

tetradic

#279EA1 #6727A1 #A12A27 #61A127

square

#279EA1 #6727A1 #A12A27 #61A127

split-complementary

#279EA1 #A12761 #A16727

monochromatic

#0F3D3E #1B6E70 #279EA1 #37CBCE #68D8DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#279EA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#279EA1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279EA1

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279EA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279EA1	1.00	3.23	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9396A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#818AA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A49F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279ea1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 158, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.100 197.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77bbbc',
    500: '#279ea1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279ea1;
$custom-light: #77bbbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279ea1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.475,
    "s": 61,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6386,
    "c": 0.09964,
    "h": 197.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279EA1

secondary

#C06663

accent

#4844E4

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #279EA1

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

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