#279AB0#279AB0

#279AB0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.102 H 213.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279AB0
RGB	rgb(39, 154, 176)
HSL	hsl(190, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(190, 78%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.8%, 12.5%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.67, -23.35, -20.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.67, 31.01, 221.13°)
OKLab	oklab(63.45% -0.0846 -0.0569)
OKLCH	oklch(63.45% 0.102 213.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.2254, 26.6746, 45.1486)
Luminance	0.2668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279AB0 #B03D27

analogous

#27B082 #279AB0 #2756B0

triadic

#279AB0 #B0279A #9AB027

tetradic

#279AB0 #8227B0 #B03D27 #56B027

square

#279AB0 #8227B0 #B03D27 #56B027

split-complementary

#279AB0 #B02756 #B08227

monochromatic

#11424C #1C6E7E #279AB0 #40BDD5 #72CEE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#279AB0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.34

#279AB0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279AB0

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279AB0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279AB0	1.00	3.31	6.34	6.34
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A95B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7887B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279ab0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 154, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.102 213.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78b8c7',
    500: '#279ab0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279ab0;
$custom-light: #78b8c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279ab0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.635,
    "s": 63.721,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63448,
    "c": 0.10192,
    "h": 213.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279AB0

secondary

#C77B6C

accent

#5C41E7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0A1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #279AB0

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

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