#279EB1#279EB1

#279EB1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.103 H 211.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279EB1
RGB	rgb(39, 158, 177)
HSL	hsl(188, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(188, 78%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(78%, 10.7%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.94, -25.08, -19.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.94, 31.48, 217.19°)
OKLab	oklab(64.48% -0.0881 -0.053)
OKLCH	oklch(64.48% 0.103 211)
XYZ	xyz(20.9959, 28.0568, 45.8954)
Luminance	0.2806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279EB1 #B13A27

analogous

#27B17F #279EB1 #2759B1

triadic

#279EB1 #B1279E #9EB127

tetradic

#279EB1 #7F27B1 #B13A27 #59B127

square

#279EB1 #7F27B1 #B13A27 #59B127

split-complementary

#279EB1 #B12759 #B17F27

monochromatic

#11444D #1C717F #279EB1 #40C0D5 #72D1E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#279EB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#279EB1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279EB1

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279EB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279EB1	1.00	3.18	6.61	6.61
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F98B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C8BB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279eb1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 158, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.103 211.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79bbc8',
    500: '#279eb1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279eb1;
$custom-light: #79bbc8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279eb1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.261,
    "s": 63.889,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64483,
    "c": 0.10281,
    "h": 211
  },
  "luminance": 0.28059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279EB1

secondary

#C7796D

accent

#5841E7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #279EB1

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

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