#279FAB#279FAB

#279FAB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.101 H 205.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279FAB
RGB	rgb(39, 159, 171)
HSL	hsl(185, 63%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(185, 77%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.2%, 7%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.04, -27.50, -15.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.04, 31.56, 209.39°)
OKLab	oklab(64.49% -0.0916 -0.0431)
OKLCH	oklch(64.49% 0.101 205.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.5823, 28.1654, 42.8719)
Luminance	0.2817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279FAB #AB3327

analogous

#27AB75 #279FAB #275DAB

triadic

#279FAB #AB279F #9FAB27

tetradic

#279FAB #7527AB #AB3327 #5DAB27

square

#279FAB #7527AB #AB3327 #5DAB27

split-complementary

#279FAB #AB275D #AB7527

monochromatic

#104247 #1C7179 #279FAB #3DC5D3 #6ED4DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#279FAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.63

#279FAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279FAB

6.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279FAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279FAB	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)

#9198AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F8BAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279fab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 159, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.101 205.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78bbc4',
    500: '#279fab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279fab;
$custom-light: #78bbc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279fab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.455,
    "s": 62.857,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64492,
    "c": 0.10123,
    "h": 205.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279FAB

secondary

#C57169

accent

#5142E6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0A1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #279FAB

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

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