#279CB2#279CB2

#279CB2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.103 H 213.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279CB2
RGB	rgb(39, 156, 178)
HSL	hsl(189, 64%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(189, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.1%, 12.4%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.36, -23.73, -20.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.36, 31.34, 220.79°)
OKLab	oklab(64.03% -0.0857 -0.0571)
OKLCH	oklch(64.03% 0.103 213.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.7576, 27.4201, 46.3094)
Luminance	0.2742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279CB2 #B23D27

analogous

#27B282 #279CB2 #2757B2

triadic

#279CB2 #B2279C #9CB227

tetradic

#279CB2 #8227B2 #B23D27 #57B227

square

#279CB2 #8227B2 #B23D27 #57B227

split-complementary

#279CB2 #B22757 #B28227

monochromatic

#11444E #1C7080 #279CB2 #41BED5 #73CFE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#279CB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#279CB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279CB2

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279CB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279CB2	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)

#8C97B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7989B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279cb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 156, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.103 213.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79b9c9',
    500: '#279cb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279cb2;
$custom-light: #79b9c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279cb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.496,
    "s": 64.055,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64028,
    "c": 0.10299,
    "h": 213.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279CB2

secondary

#C87C6D

accent

#5B41E7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0A1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #279CB2

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

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