#279EA2#279EA2

#279EA2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.100 H 198.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279EA2
RGB	rgb(39, 158, 162)
HSL	hsl(182, 61%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(182, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.9%, 2.5%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.43, -29.80, -11.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.43, 31.88, 200.80°)
OKLab	oklab(63.9% -0.0946 -0.0314)
OKLCH	oklch(63.9% 0.1 198.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.5822, 27.4913, 38.4497)
Luminance	0.2749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279EA2 #A22B27

analogous

#27A269 #279EA2 #2761A2

triadic

#279EA2 #A2279E #9EA227

tetradic

#279EA2 #6927A2 #A22B27 #61A227

square

#279EA2 #6927A2 #A22B27 #61A227

split-complementary

#279EA2 #A22761 #A26927

monochromatic

#0F3E3F #1B6E71 #279EA2 #37CACF #69D7DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#279EA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#279EA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279EA2

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279EA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279EA2	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)

#9296A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#818AA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A49F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279ea2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 158, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.100 198.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77bbbd',
    500: '#279ea2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279ea2;
$custom-light: #77bbbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279ea2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.951,
    "s": 61.194,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63897,
    "c": 0.09965,
    "h": 198.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279EA2

secondary

#C16764

accent

#4943E4

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #279EA2

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

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