#279EA3#279EA3

#279EA3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.100 H 199.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279EA3
RGB	rgb(39, 158, 163)
HSL	hsl(182, 61%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(182, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 3.1%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.46, -29.50, -11.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.46, 31.78, 201.87°)
OKLab	oklab(63.93% -0.0941 -0.0329)
OKLCH	oklch(63.93% 0.1 199.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.6714, 27.5270, 38.9197)
Luminance	0.2753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279EA3 #A32C27

analogous

#27A36A #279EA3 #2760A3

triadic

#279EA3 #A3279E #9EA327

tetradic

#279EA3 #6A27A3 #A32C27 #60A327

square

#279EA3 #6A27A3 #A32C27 #60A327

split-complementary

#279EA3 #A32760 #A36A27

monochromatic

#0F3E40 #1B6E72 #279EA3 #38C9CF #69D7DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#279EA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#279EA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279EA3

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279EA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279EA3	1.00	3.23	6.51	6.51
#FFFFFF	3.23	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)

#9297A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#818AA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A49F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279ea3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 158, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.100 199.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77bbbe',
    500: '#279ea3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279ea3;
$custom-light: #77bbbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279ea3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.419,
    "s": 61.386,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63934,
    "c": 0.0997,
    "h": 199.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279EA3

secondary

#C16864

accent

#4A43E4

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #279EA3

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

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