#279FA0#279FA0

#279FA0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.100 H 195.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279FA0
RGB	rgb(39, 159, 160)
HSL	hsl(180, 61%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(180, 76%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.6%, 0.6%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.67, -30.90, -9.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.67, 32.42, 197.62°)
OKLab	oklab(64.08% -0.0965 -0.0273)
OKLCH	oklch(64.08% 0.1 195.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.5771, 27.7633, 37.5779)
Luminance	0.2777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279FA0 #A02827

analogous

#27A065 #279FA0 #2763A0

triadic

#279FA0 #A0279F #9FA027

tetradic

#279FA0 #6527A0 #A02827 #63A027

square

#279FA0 #6527A0 #A02827 #63A027

split-complementary

#279FA0 #A02763 #A06527

monochromatic

#0F3D3E #1B6E6F #279FA0 #36CDCE #67D9DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#279FA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#279FA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279FA0

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279FA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279FA0	1.00	3.20	6.55	6.55
#FFFFFF	3.20	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)

#9497A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#838AA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A49F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279fa0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 159, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.100 195.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77bcbc',
    500: '#279fa0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279fa0;
$custom-light: #77bcbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279fa0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.496,
    "s": 60.804,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64077,
    "c": 0.10026,
    "h": 195.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279FA0

secondary

#C06463

accent

#4544E4

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #279FA0

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

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