#279EAC#279EAC

#279EAC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.101 H 206.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279EAC
RGB	rgb(39, 158, 172)
HSL	hsl(186, 63%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(186, 77%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.3%, 8.1%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.76, -26.68, -16.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.76, 31.35, 211.69°)
OKLab	oklab(64.28% -0.0902 -0.0458)
OKLCH	oklch(64.28% 0.101 206.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.5067, 27.8611, 43.3187)
Luminance	0.2786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279EAC #AC3527

analogous

#27AC78 #279EAC #275CAC

triadic

#279EAC #AC279E #9EAC27

tetradic

#279EAC #7827AC #AC3527 #5CAC27

square

#279EAC #7827AC #AC3527 #5CAC27

split-complementary

#279EAC #AC275C #AC7827

monochromatic

#104248 #1C707A #279EAC #3DC3D3 #6FD3DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#279EAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.57

#279EAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279EAC

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279EAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279EAC	1.00	3.19	6.57	6.57
#FFFFFF	3.19	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)

#9098AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E8AAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279eac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 158, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.101 206.9);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279eac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.316,
    "s": 63.033,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64281,
    "c": 0.10116,
    "h": 206.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279EAC

secondary

#C5736A

accent

#5342E6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0A1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #279EAC

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

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