#279FA9#279FA9

#279FA9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.101 H 203.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279FA9
RGB	rgb(39, 159, 169)
HSL	hsl(185, 63%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(185, 77%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.9%, 5.9%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.97, -28.12, -14.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.97, 31.63, 207.21°)
OKLab	oklab(64.41% -0.0925 -0.0402)
OKLCH	oklch(64.41% 0.101 203.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.3931, 28.0897, 41.8755)
Luminance	0.2809 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279FA9 #A93127

analogous

#27A972 #279FA9 #275EA9

triadic

#279FA9 #A9279F #9FA927

tetradic

#279FA9 #7227A9 #A93127 #5EA927

square

#279FA9 #7227A9 #A93127 #5EA927

split-complementary

#279FA9 #A9275E #A97227

monochromatic

#104146 #1C7077 #279FA9 #3BC6D2 #6DD5DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#279FA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.62

#279FA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279FA9

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279FA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279FA9	1.00	3.17	6.62	6.62
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9298AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#808BA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279fa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 159, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.101 203.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78bbc2',
    500: '#279fa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279fa9;
$custom-light: #78bbc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279fa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.615,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64414,
    "c": 0.10084,
    "h": 203.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279FA9

secondary

#C46F68

accent

#4F42E6

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F7

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #279FA9

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

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