#279FA8#279FA8

#279FA8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.101 H 202.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279FA8
RGB	rgb(39, 159, 168)
HSL	hsl(184, 62%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(184, 77%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.8%, 5.4%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.94, -28.44, -13.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.94, 31.67, 206.13°)
OKLab	oklab(64.38% -0.0929 -0.0388)
OKLCH	oklch(64.38% 0.101 202.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.2996, 28.0523, 41.3830)
Luminance	0.2806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279FA8 #A83027

analogous

#27A870 #279FA8 #275EA8

triadic

#279FA8 #A8279F #9FA827

tetradic

#279FA8 #7027A8 #A83027 #5EA827

square

#279FA8 #7027A8 #A83027 #5EA827

split-complementary

#279FA8 #A8275E #A87027

monochromatic

#104145 #1B7076 #279FA8 #3BC7D1 #6CD5DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#279FA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#279FA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279FA8

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279FA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279FA8	1.00	3.18	6.61	6.61
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9298A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#808BA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279fa8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 159, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.101 202.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78bcc1',
    500: '#279fa8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279fa8;
$custom-light: #78bcc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279fa8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.186,
    "s": 62.319,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64376,
    "c": 0.10067,
    "h": 202.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279FA8

secondary

#C36E67

accent

#4E42E5

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F7

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #279FA8

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

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