#279FAD#279FAD

#279FAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.102 H 206.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279FAD
RGB	rgb(39, 159, 173)
HSL	hsl(186, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(186, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.5%, 8.1%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.11, -26.86, -16.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.11, 31.53, 211.58°)
OKLab	oklab(64.57% -0.0907 -0.0459)
OKLCH	oklch(64.57% 0.102 206.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.7743, 28.2422, 43.8835)
Luminance	0.2824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279FAD #AD3527

analogous

#27AD78 #279FAD #275CAD

triadic

#279FAD #AD279F #9FAD27

tetradic

#279FAD #7827AD #AD3527 #5CAD27

square

#279FAD #7827AD #AD3527 #5CAD27

split-complementary

#279FAD #AD275C #AD7827

monochromatic

#104349 #1C717B #279FAD #3EC4D3 #70D3DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#279FAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.65

#279FAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279FAD

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279FAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279FAD	1.00	3.16	6.65	6.65
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9199AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F8BAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279fad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 159, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.102 206.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78bbc5',
    500: '#279fad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279fad;
$custom-light: #78bbc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279fad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.269,
    "s": 63.208,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64571,
    "c": 0.10172,
    "h": 206.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279FAD

secondary

#C6746A

accent

#5342E6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0A1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #279FAD

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

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