#279FA5#279FA5

#279FA5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.100 H 200.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279FA5
RGB	rgb(39, 159, 165)
HSL	hsl(183, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(183, 76%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.4%, 3.6%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.84, -29.37, -12.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.84, 31.88, 202.89°)
OKLab	oklab(64.26% -0.0942 -0.0345)
OKLCH	oklch(64.26% 0.1 200.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.0233, 27.9418, 39.9280)
Luminance	0.2794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279FA5 #A52D27

analogous

#27A56C #279FA5 #2760A5

triadic

#279FA5 #A5279F #9FA527

tetradic

#279FA5 #6C27A5 #A52D27 #60A527

square

#279FA5 #6C27A5 #A52D27 #60A527

split-complementary

#279FA5 #A52760 #A56C27

monochromatic

#104042 #1B6F74 #279FA5 #39C9D0 #6AD7DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#279FA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#279FA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279FA5

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279FA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279FA5	1.00	3.19	6.59	6.59
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9398A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#818BA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279fa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 159, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.100 200.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77bcbf',
    500: '#279fa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279fa5;
$custom-light: #77bcbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279fa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.857,
    "s": 61.765,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64262,
    "c": 0.10033,
    "h": 200.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279FA5

secondary

#C26A66

accent

#4B43E5

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F7

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #279FA5

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

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