#279FA4#279FA4

#279FA4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.100 H 199.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279FA4
RGB	rgb(39, 159, 164)
HSL	hsl(182, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(182, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.2%, 3%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.80, -29.68, -11.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.80, 31.97, 201.83°)
OKLab	oklab(64.22% -0.0947 -0.033)
OKLCH	oklch(64.22% 0.1 199.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.9326, 27.9055, 39.4505)
Luminance	0.2791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279FA4 #A42C27

analogous

#27A46B #279FA4 #2761A4

triadic

#279FA4 #A4279F #9FA427

tetradic

#279FA4 #6B27A4 #A42C27 #61A427

square

#279FA4 #6B27A4 #A42C27 #61A427

split-complementary

#279FA4 #A42761 #A46B27

monochromatic

#0F3F41 #1B6F73 #279FA4 #38CAD0 #6AD7DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#279FA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.58

#279FA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279FA4

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279FA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279FA4	1.00	3.19	6.58	6.58
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9398A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#818BA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279fa4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 159, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.100 199.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77bcbf',
    500: '#279fa4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279fa4;
$custom-light: #77bcbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279fa4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.4,
    "s": 61.576,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64224,
    "c": 0.10027,
    "h": 199.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279FA4

secondary

#C26965

accent

#4A43E5

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #279FA4

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

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