#279EAE#279EAE

#279EAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.102 H 208.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279EAE
RGB	rgb(39, 158, 174)
HSL	hsl(187, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(187, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.6%, 9.2%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.83, -26.04, -17.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.83, 31.37, 213.89°)
OKLab	oklab(64.36% -0.0893 -0.0487)
OKLCH	oklch(64.36% 0.102 208.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.7002, 27.9385, 44.3379)
Luminance	0.2794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279EAE #AE3727

analogous

#27AE7B #279EAE #275BAE

triadic

#279EAE #AE279E #9EAE27

tetradic

#279EAE #7B27AE #AE3727 #5BAE27

square

#279EAE #7B27AE #AE3727 #5BAE27

split-complementary

#279EAE #AE275B #AE7B27

monochromatic

#11434A #1C717C #279EAE #3EC2D4 #70D2DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#279EAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#279EAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279EAE

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279EAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279EAE	1.00	3.19	6.59	6.59
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F98AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D8AAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279eae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 158, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.102 208.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78bbc6',
    500: '#279eae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279eae;
$custom-light: #78bbc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279eae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.111,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64361,
    "c": 0.10175,
    "h": 208.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279EAE

secondary

#C6766B

accent

#5541E6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0A1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #279EAE

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

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