#279EAA#279EAA

#279EAA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.101 H 205.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279EAA
RGB	rgb(39, 158, 170)
HSL	hsl(185, 63%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(185, 77%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.1%, 7.1%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.69, -27.31, -15.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.69, 31.38, 209.49°)
OKLab	oklab(64.2% -0.0911 -0.0429)
OKLCH	oklch(64.2% 0.101 205.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.3160, 27.7848, 42.3147)
Luminance	0.2779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279EAA #AA3327

analogous

#27AA74 #279EAA #275CAA

triadic

#279EAA #AA279E #9EAA27

tetradic

#279EAA #7427AA #AA3327 #5CAA27

square

#279EAA #7427AA #AA3327 #5CAA27

split-complementary

#279EAA #AA275C #AA7427

monochromatic

#104146 #1C7078 #279EAA #3CC4D2 #6ED3DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#279EAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#279EAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279EAA

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279EAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279EAA	1.00	3.20	6.56	6.56
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9097AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E8AAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279eaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 158, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.101 205.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78bbc3',
    500: '#279eaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279eaa;
$custom-light: #78bbc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279eaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.496,
    "s": 62.679,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64202,
    "c": 0.10067,
    "h": 205.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279EAA

secondary

#C47169

accent

#5142E6

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F7

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #279EAA

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

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