#279EA9#279EA9

#279EA9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.100 H 204.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279EA9
RGB	rgb(39, 158, 169)
HSL	hsl(185, 63%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(185, 77%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.9%, 6.5%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.66, -27.63, -14.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.66, 31.40, 208.39°)
OKLab	oklab(64.16% -0.0915 -0.0415)
OKLCH	oklch(64.16% 0.1 204.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.2218, 27.7471, 41.8184)
Luminance	0.2775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279EA9 #A93227

analogous

#27A973 #279EA9 #275DA9

triadic

#279EA9 #A9279E #9EA927

tetradic

#279EA9 #7327A9 #A93227 #5DA927

square

#279EA9 #7327A9 #A93227 #5DA927

split-complementary

#279EA9 #A9275D #A97327

monochromatic

#104146 #1C7077 #279EA9 #3BC5D2 #6DD4DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#279EA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#279EA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279EA9

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279EA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279EA9	1.00	3.21	6.55	6.55
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9197AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F8AA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279ea9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 158, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.100 204.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78bbc2',
    500: '#279ea9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279ea9;
$custom-light: #78bbc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279ea9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.077,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64163,
    "c": 0.10046,
    "h": 204.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279EA9

secondary

#C47068

accent

#5042E6

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F7

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #279EA9

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

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