#279FAC#279FAC

#279FAC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.101 H 206.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279FAC
RGB	rgb(39, 159, 172)
HSL	hsl(186, 63%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(186, 77%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.3%, 7.6%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.07, -27.18, -16.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.07, 31.54, 210.49°)
OKLab	oklab(64.53% -0.0912 -0.0445)
OKLCH	oklch(64.53% 0.101 206)
XYZ	xyz(20.6779, 28.2036, 43.3758)
Luminance	0.2821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279FAC #AC3427

analogous

#27AC77 #279FAC #275DAC

triadic

#279FAC #AC279F #9FAC27

tetradic

#279FAC #7727AC #AC3427 #5DAC27

square

#279FAC #7727AC #AC3427 #5DAC27

split-complementary

#279FAC #AC275D #AC7727

monochromatic

#104348 #1C717A #279FAC #3DC4D3 #6FD3DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#279FAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.64

#279FAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279FAC

6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279FAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279FAC	1.00	3.16	6.64	6.64
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9198AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F8BAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279fac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 159, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.101 206.0);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279fac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.865,
    "s": 63.033,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64531,
    "c": 0.10146,
    "h": 206
  },
  "luminance": 0.28206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279FAC

secondary

#C5736A

accent

#5242E6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0A1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #279FAC

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

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