#279FA1#279FA1

#279FA1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.100 H 196.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279FA1
RGB	rgb(39, 159, 161)
HSL	hsl(181, 61%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(181, 76%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.8%, 1.2%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.71, -30.59, -10.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.71, 32.29, 198.66°)
OKLab	oklab(64.11% -0.096 -0.0287)
OKLCH	oklch(64.11% 0.1 196.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.6649, 27.7984, 38.0405)
Luminance	0.2780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279FA1 #A12927

analogous

#27A166 #279FA1 #2762A1

triadic

#279FA1 #A1279F #9FA127

tetradic

#279FA1 #6627A1 #A12927 #62A127

square

#279FA1 #6627A1 #A12927 #62A127

split-complementary

#279FA1 #A12762 #A16627

monochromatic

#0F3E3E #1B6E70 #279FA1 #37CCCE #68D9DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#279FA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#279FA1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279FA1

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279FA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279FA1	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)

#9497A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#828AA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A49F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279fa1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 159, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.100 196.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77bcbc',
    500: '#279fa1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279fa1;
$custom-light: #77bcbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279fa1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.984,
    "s": 61,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64113,
    "c": 0.10022,
    "h": 196.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279FA1

secondary

#C06563

accent

#4644E4

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #279FA1

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

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