#279DB1#279DB1

#279DB1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.103 H 212.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279DB1
RGB	rgb(39, 157, 177)
HSL	hsl(189, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(189, 78%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(78%, 11.3%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.63, -24.57, -19.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.63, 31.36, 218.43°)
OKLab	oklab(64.24% -0.0871 -0.0543)
OKLCH	oklch(64.24% 0.103 212)
XYZ	xyz(20.8260, 27.7170, 45.8387)
Luminance	0.2772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279DB1 #B13B27

analogous

#27B180 #279DB1 #2758B1

triadic

#279DB1 #B1279D #9DB127

tetradic

#279DB1 #8027B1 #B13B27 #58B127

square

#279DB1 #8027B1 #B13B27 #58B127

split-complementary

#279DB1 #B12758 #B18027

monochromatic

#11444D #1C717F #279DB1 #40BFD5 #72D0E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#279DB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#279DB1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279DB1

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279DB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279DB1	1.00	3.21	6.54	6.54
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D97B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B8AB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279db1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 157, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.103 212.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79bac8',
    500: '#279db1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279db1;
$custom-light: #79bac8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279db1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.696,
    "s": 63.889,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64235,
    "c": 0.10266,
    "h": 212
  },
  "luminance": 0.2772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279DB1

secondary

#C77A6D

accent

#5941E7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0A1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #279DB1

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

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