#279CB1#279CB1

#279CB1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.103 H 212.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279CB1
RGB	rgb(39, 156, 177)
HSL	hsl(189, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(189, 78%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(78%, 11.9%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.32, -24.06, -19.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.32, 31.26, 219.69°)
OKLab	oklab(63.99% -0.0861 -0.0557)
OKLCH	oklch(63.99% 0.103 212.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.6576, 27.3801, 45.7826)
Luminance	0.2738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279CB1 #B13C27

analogous

#27B181 #279CB1 #2757B1

triadic

#279CB1 #B1279C #9CB127

tetradic

#279CB1 #8127B1 #B13C27 #57B127

square

#279CB1 #8127B1 #B13C27 #57B127

split-complementary

#279CB1 #B12757 #B18127

monochromatic

#11444D #1C707F #279CB1 #40BED5 #72CFE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#279CB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#279CB1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279CB1

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279CB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279CB1	1.00	3.24	6.48	6.48
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C97B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A89B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279cb1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 156, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.103 212.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78b9c8',
    500: '#279cb1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279cb1;
$custom-light: #78b9c8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279cb1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.13,
    "s": 63.889,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63986,
    "c": 0.10254,
    "h": 212.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279CB1

secondary

#C77A6D

accent

#5A41E7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0A1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #279CB1

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

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