#279EA7#279EA7

#279EA7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.100 H 202.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279EA7
RGB	rgb(39, 158, 167)
HSL	hsl(184, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(184, 77%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.6%, 5.4%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.59, -28.26, -13.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.59, 31.49, 206.20°)
OKLab	oklab(64.09% -0.0923 -0.0386)
OKLCH	oklch(64.09% 0.1 202.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.0355, 27.6726, 40.8371)
Luminance	0.2767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279EA7 #A73027

analogous

#27A770 #279EA7 #275EA7

triadic

#279EA7 #A7279E #9EA727

tetradic

#279EA7 #7027A7 #A73027 #5EA727

square

#279EA7 #7027A7 #A73027 #5EA727

split-complementary

#279EA7 #A7275E #A77027

monochromatic

#104044 #1B6F75 #279EA7 #3AC6D1 #6CD5DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#279EA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#279EA7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279EA7

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279EA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279EA7	1.00	3.21	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.21	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)

#9197A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F8AA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279ea7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 158, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.100 202.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77bbc1',
    500: '#279ea7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279ea7;
$custom-light: #77bbc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279ea7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.219,
    "s": 62.136,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64086,
    "c": 0.1001,
    "h": 202.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279EA7

secondary

#C36D67

accent

#4E43E5

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F7

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #279EA7

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

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