#279FA3#279FA3

#279FA3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.100 H 198.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279FA3
RGB	rgb(39, 159, 163)
HSL	hsl(182, 61%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(182, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 2.5%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.77, -29.98, -11.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.77, 32.07, 200.76°)
OKLab	oklab(64.19% -0.0951 -0.0316)
OKLCH	oklch(64.19% 0.1 198.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.8427, 27.8695, 38.9768)
Luminance	0.2787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279FA3 #A32B27

analogous

#27A369 #279FA3 #2761A3

triadic

#279FA3 #A3279F #9FA327

tetradic

#279FA3 #6927A3 #A32B27 #61A327

square

#279FA3 #6927A3 #A32B27 #61A327

split-complementary

#279FA3 #A32761 #A36927

monochromatic

#0F3F40 #1B6F72 #279FA3 #38CACF #69D7DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#279FA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.57

#279FA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279FA3

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279FA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279FA3	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)

#9397A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#828BA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279fa3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 159, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.100 198.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77bcbe',
    500: '#279fa3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279fa3;
$custom-light: #77bcbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279fa3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.935,
    "s": 61.386,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64187,
    "c": 0.10023,
    "h": 198.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279FA3

secondary

#C16764

accent

#4943E4

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #279FA3

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

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