#279FAA#279FAA

#279FAA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.101 H 204.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279FAA
RGB	rgb(39, 159, 170)
HSL	hsl(185, 63%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(185, 77%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.1%, 6.5%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.00, -27.81, -14.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.00, 31.59, 208.30°)
OKLab	oklab(64.45% -0.092 -0.0416)
OKLCH	oklch(64.45% 0.101 204.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.4873, 28.1274, 42.3718)
Luminance	0.2813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279FAA #AA3227

analogous

#27AA73 #279FAA #275DAA

triadic

#279FAA #AA279F #9FAA27

tetradic

#279FAA #7327AA #AA3227 #5DAA27

square

#279FAA #7327AA #AA3227 #5DAA27

split-complementary

#279FAA #AA275D #AA7327

monochromatic

#104246 #1C7078 #279FAA #3CC6D2 #6ED4DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#279FAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.63

#279FAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279FAA

6.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279FAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279FAA	1.00	3.17	6.63	6.63
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9298AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#808BAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279faa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 159, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.101 204.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78bbc3',
    500: '#279faa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279faa;
$custom-light: #78bbc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279faa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.038,
    "s": 62.679,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64453,
    "c": 0.10102,
    "h": 204.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279FAA

secondary

#C47069

accent

#5042E6

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F7

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0A1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #279FAA

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

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