#279FA2#279FA2

#279FA2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.100 H 197.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279FA2
RGB	rgb(39, 159, 162)
HSL	hsl(181, 61%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(181, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.9%, 1.9%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.74, -30.29, -10.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.74, 32.17, 199.71°)
OKLab	oklab(64.15% -0.0956 -0.0302)
OKLCH	oklch(64.15% 0.1 197.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.7535, 27.8338, 38.5068)
Luminance	0.2784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279FA2 #A22A27

analogous

#27A267 #279FA2 #2762A2

triadic

#279FA2 #A2279F #9FA227

tetradic

#279FA2 #6727A2 #A22A27 #62A227

square

#279FA2 #6727A2 #A22A27 #62A227

split-complementary

#279FA2 #A22762 #A26727

monochromatic

#0F3E3F #1B6F71 #279FA2 #37CBCF #69D8DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#279FA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.57

#279FA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279FA2

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279FA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279FA2	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)

#9497A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#828AA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279fa2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 159, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.100 197.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77bcbd',
    500: '#279fa2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279fa2;
$custom-light: #77bcbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279fa2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.463,
    "s": 61.194,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6415,
    "c": 0.10022,
    "h": 197.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279FA2

secondary

#C16664

accent

#4743E4

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #279FA2

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

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