#279EA5#279EA5

#279EA5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.100 H 201.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279EA5
RGB	rgb(39, 158, 165)
HSL	hsl(183, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(183, 76%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.4%, 4.2%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.52, -28.88, -12.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.52, 31.62, 204.02°)
OKLab	oklab(64.01% -0.0932 -0.0358)
OKLCH	oklch(64.01% 0.1 201)
XYZ	xyz(19.8520, 27.5992, 39.8709)
Luminance	0.2760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279EA5 #A52E27

analogous

#27A56D #279EA5 #275FA5

triadic

#279EA5 #A5279E #9EA527

tetradic

#279EA5 #6D27A5 #A52E27 #5FA527

square

#279EA5 #6D27A5 #A52E27 #5FA527

split-complementary

#279EA5 #A5275F #A56D27

monochromatic

#103F42 #1B6F74 #279EA5 #39C8D0 #6AD6DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#279EA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#279EA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279EA5

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279EA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279EA5	1.00	3.22	6.52	6.52
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9297A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#808AA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279ea5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 158, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.100 201.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77bbbf',
    500: '#279ea5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279ea5;
$custom-light: #77bbbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279ea5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.333,
    "s": 61.765,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6401,
    "c": 0.09985,
    "h": 201
  },
  "luminance": 0.27602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279EA5

secondary

#C26B66

accent

#4C43E5

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F7

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #279EA5

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

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