#279EA8#279EA8

#279EA8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.100 H 203.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279EA8
RGB	rgb(39, 158, 168)
HSL	hsl(185, 62%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(185, 77%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.8%, 6%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.63, -27.94, -14.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.63, 31.44, 207.29°)
OKLab	oklab(64.13% -0.0919 -0.0401)
OKLCH	oklch(64.13% 0.1 203.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.1283, 27.7097, 41.3259)
Luminance	0.2771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279EA8 #A83127

analogous

#27A871 #279EA8 #275DA8

triadic

#279EA8 #A8279E #9EA827

tetradic

#279EA8 #7127A8 #A83127 #5DA827

square

#279EA8 #7127A8 #A83127 #5DA827

split-complementary

#279EA8 #A8275D #A87127

monochromatic

#104145 #1B6F76 #279EA8 #3BC6D1 #6CD4DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#279EA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#279EA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279EA8

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279EA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279EA8	1.00	3.21	6.54	6.54
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9197A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F8AA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279ea8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 158, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.100 203.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78bbc1',
    500: '#279ea8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279ea8;
$custom-light: #78bbc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279ea8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.651,
    "s": 62.319,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64125,
    "c": 0.10027,
    "h": 203.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279EA8

secondary

#C36E67

accent

#4F42E5

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F7

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #279EA8

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

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