#279BB1#279BB1

#279BB1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.102 H 213.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279BB1
RGB	rgb(39, 155, 177)
HSL	hsl(190, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(190, 78%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(78%, 12.4%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.02, -23.54, -20.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.02, 31.17, 220.96°)
OKLab	oklab(63.74% -0.0851 -0.057)
OKLCH	oklch(63.74% 0.102 213.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.4904, 27.0458, 45.7269)
Luminance	0.2705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279BB1 #B13D27

analogous

#27B182 #279BB1 #2756B1

triadic

#279BB1 #B1279B #9BB127

tetradic

#279BB1 #8227B1 #B13D27 #56B127

square

#279BB1 #8227B1 #B13D27 #56B127

split-complementary

#279BB1 #B12756 #B18227

monochromatic

#11434D #1C6F7F #279BB1 #40BDD5 #72CFE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#279BB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#279BB1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279BB1

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279BB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279BB1	1.00	3.28	6.41	6.41
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B96B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7888B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279bb1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 155, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.102 213.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78b8c8',
    500: '#279bb1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279bb1;
$custom-light: #78b8c8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279bb1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.565,
    "s": 63.889,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63738,
    "c": 0.10246,
    "h": 213.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279BB1

secondary

#C77B6D

accent

#5B41E7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0A1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #279BB1

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

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