#279BB0#279BB0

#279BB0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.102 H 213.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279BB0
RGB	rgb(39, 155, 176)
HSL	hsl(189, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(189, 78%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.8%, 11.9%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.98, -23.87, -19.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.98, 31.09, 219.85°)
OKLab	oklab(63.7% -0.0855 -0.0556)
OKLCH	oklch(63.7% 0.102 213)
XYZ	xyz(20.3911, 27.0061, 45.2039)
Luminance	0.2701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279BB0 #B03C27

analogous

#27B081 #279BB0 #2757B0

triadic

#279BB0 #B0279B #9BB027

tetradic

#279BB0 #8127B0 #B03C27 #57B027

square

#279BB0 #8127B0 #B03C27 #57B027

split-complementary

#279BB0 #B02757 #B08127

monochromatic

#11434C #1C6F7E #279BB0 #40BED5 #72CFE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#279BB0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#279BB0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279BB0

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279BB0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279BB0	1.00	3.28	6.40	6.40
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B96B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7988B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279bb0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 155, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.102 213.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78b8c7',
    500: '#279bb0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279bb0;
$custom-light: #78b8c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279bb0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.197,
    "s": 63.721,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63696,
    "c": 0.102,
    "h": 213
  },
  "luminance": 0.27009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279BB0

secondary

#C77A6C

accent

#5A41E7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0A1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #279BB0

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

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