#279FA6#279FA6

#279FA6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.100 H 200.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279FA6
RGB	rgb(39, 159, 166)
HSL	hsl(183, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(183, 77%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.5%, 4.2%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.87, -29.06, -12.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.87, 31.80, 203.97°)
OKLab	oklab(64.3% -0.0938 -0.0359)
OKLCH	oklch(64.3% 0.1 200.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.1147, 27.9783, 40.4092)
Luminance	0.2798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279FA6 #A62E27

analogous

#27A66D #279FA6 #2760A6

triadic

#279FA6 #A6279F #9FA627

tetradic

#279FA6 #6D27A6 #A62E27 #60A627

square

#279FA6 #6D27A6 #A62E27 #60A627

split-complementary

#279FA6 #A62760 #A66D27

monochromatic

#104043 #1B7074 #279FA6 #3AC8D1 #6BD6DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#279FA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.60

#279FA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279FA6

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279FA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279FA6	1.00	3.18	6.60	6.60
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9398A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#818BA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279fa6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 159, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.100 200.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77bcc0',
    500: '#279fa6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279fa6;
$custom-light: #77bcc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279fa6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.307,
    "s": 61.951,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.643,
    "c": 0.10042,
    "h": 200.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279FA6

secondary

#C36B66

accent

#4C43E5

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F7

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #279FA6

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

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