#279EA6#279EA6

#279EA6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.100 H 201.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279EA6
RGB	rgb(39, 158, 166)
HSL	hsl(184, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(184, 77%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.5%, 4.8%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.56, -28.57, -13.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.56, 31.55, 205.11°)
OKLab	oklab(64.05% -0.0928 -0.0372)
OKLCH	oklch(64.05% 0.1 201.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.9434, 27.6358, 40.3521)
Luminance	0.2764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279EA6 #A62F27

analogous

#27A66F #279EA6 #275EA6

triadic

#279EA6 #A6279E #9EA627

tetradic

#279EA6 #6F27A6 #A62F27 #5EA627

square

#279EA6 #6F27A6 #A62F27 #5EA627

split-complementary

#279EA6 #A6275E #A66F27

monochromatic

#104043 #1B6F74 #279EA6 #3AC7D1 #6BD5DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#279EA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#279EA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279EA6

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279EA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279EA6	1.00	3.22	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9197A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#808AA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279ea6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 158, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.100 201.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77bbc0',
    500: '#279ea6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279ea6;
$custom-light: #77bbc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279ea6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.78,
    "s": 61.951,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64048,
    "c": 0.09997,
    "h": 201.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279EA6

secondary

#C36C66

accent

#4D43E5

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F7

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #279EA6

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

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