#279EAB#279EAB

#279EAB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.101 H 206.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279EAB
RGB	rgb(39, 158, 171)
HSL	hsl(186, 63%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(186, 77%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.2%, 7.6%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.73, -27.00, -15.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.73, 31.36, 210.59°)
OKLab	oklab(64.24% -0.0906 -0.0444)
OKLCH	oklch(64.24% 0.101 206.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.4110, 27.8228, 42.8148)
Luminance	0.2782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279EAB #AB3427

analogous

#27AB76 #279EAB #275CAB

triadic

#279EAB #AB279E #9EAB27

tetradic

#279EAB #7627AB #AB3427 #5CAB27

square

#279EAB #7627AB #AB3427 #5CAB27

split-complementary

#279EAB #AB275C #AB7627

monochromatic

#104247 #1C7079 #279EAB #3DC4D3 #6ED3DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#279EAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.57

#279EAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279EAB

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279EAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279EAB	1.00	3.20	6.57	6.57
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9097AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E8AAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279eab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 158, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.101 206.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78bbc4',
    500: '#279eab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279eab;
$custom-light: #78bbc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279eab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.909,
    "s": 62.857,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64242,
    "c": 0.1009,
    "h": 206.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279EAB

secondary

#C57269

accent

#5242E6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0A1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #279EAB

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

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