#279FAE#279FAE

#279FAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.102 H 207.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279FAE
RGB	rgb(39, 159, 174)
HSL	hsl(187, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(187, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.6%, 8.6%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.14, -26.54, -17.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.14, 31.53, 212.68°)
OKLab	oklab(64.61% -0.0903 -0.0474)
OKLCH	oklch(64.61% 0.102 207.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.8715, 28.2810, 44.3950)
Luminance	0.2828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279FAE #AE3627

analogous

#27AE7A #279FAE #275BAE

triadic

#279FAE #AE279F #9FAE27

tetradic

#279FAE #7A27AE #AE3627 #5BAE27

square

#279FAE #7A27AE #AE3627 #5BAE27

split-complementary

#279FAE #AE275B #AE7A27

monochromatic

#11444A #1C717C #279FAE #3EC3D4 #70D3DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#279FAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.66

#279FAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279FAE

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279FAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279FAE	1.00	3.15	6.66	6.66
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9199AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E8BAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279fae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 159, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.102 207.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78bbc6',
    500: '#279fae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279fae;
$custom-light: #78bbc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279fae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.667,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64611,
    "c": 0.102,
    "h": 207.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279FAE

secondary

#C6756B

accent

#5441E6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0A1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #279FAE

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

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