#279EA4#279EA4

#279EA4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.100 H 200.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279EA4
RGB	rgb(39, 158, 164)
HSL	hsl(183, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(183, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.2%, 3.7%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.49, -29.19, -12.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.49, 31.69, 202.94°)
OKLab	oklab(63.97% -0.0937 -0.0343)
OKLCH	oklch(63.97% 0.1 200.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.7614, 27.5630, 39.3934)
Luminance	0.2757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279EA4 #A42D27

analogous

#27A46C #279EA4 #2760A4

triadic

#279EA4 #A4279E #9EA427

tetradic

#279EA4 #6C27A4 #A42D27 #60A427

square

#279EA4 #6C27A4 #A42D27 #60A427

split-complementary

#279EA4 #A42760 #A46C27

monochromatic

#0F3F41 #1B6E73 #279EA4 #38C9D0 #6AD6DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#279EA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#279EA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279EA4

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279EA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279EA4	1.00	3.22	6.51	6.51
#FFFFFF	3.22	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)

#9297A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#808AA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279ea4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 158, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.100 200.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77bbbf',
    500: '#279ea4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279ea4;
$custom-light: #77bbbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279ea4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.88,
    "s": 61.576,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63972,
    "c": 0.09976,
    "h": 200.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279EA4

secondary

#C26965

accent

#4B43E5

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #279EA4

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

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