#279CB0#279CB0

#279CB0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.102 H 212.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279CB0
RGB	rgb(39, 156, 176)
HSL	hsl(189, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(189, 78%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.8%, 11.4%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.29, -24.38, -19.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.29, 31.19, 218.59°)
OKLab	oklab(63.94% -0.0865 -0.0542)
OKLCH	oklch(63.94% 0.102 212.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.5582, 27.3403, 45.2596)
Luminance	0.2734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279CB0 #B03B27

analogous

#27B080 #279CB0 #2758B0

triadic

#279CB0 #B0279C #9CB027

tetradic

#279CB0 #8027B0 #B03B27 #58B027

square

#279CB0 #8027B0 #B03B27 #58B027

split-complementary

#279CB0 #B02758 #B08027

monochromatic

#11434C #1C707E #279CB0 #40BFD5 #72D0E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#279CB0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#279CB0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279CB0

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279CB0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279CB0	1.00	3.25	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C96B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A89B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279cb0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 156, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.102 212.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78b9c7',
    500: '#279cb0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279cb0;
$custom-light: #78b9c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279cb0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.759,
    "s": 63.721,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63945,
    "c": 0.10212,
    "h": 212.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279CB0

secondary

#C7796C

accent

#5941E7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0A1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #279CB0

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

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