#279EB2#279EB2

#279EB2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.103 H 211.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279EB2
RGB	rgb(39, 158, 178)
HSL	hsl(189, 64%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(189, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.1%, 11.2%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.98, -24.75, -19.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.98, 31.53, 218.28°)
OKLab	oklab(64.52% -0.0877 -0.0545)
OKLCH	oklch(64.52% 0.103 211.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.0960, 28.0968, 46.4222)
Luminance	0.2810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279EB2 #B23B27

analogous

#27B280 #279EB2 #2759B2

triadic

#279EB2 #B2279E #9EB227

tetradic

#279EB2 #8027B2 #B23B27 #59B227

square

#279EB2 #8027B2 #B23B27 #59B227

split-complementary

#279EB2 #B22759 #B28027

monochromatic

#11454E #1C7180 #279EB2 #41C0D5 #73D1E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#279EB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.62

#279EB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279EB2

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279EB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279EB2	1.00	3.17	6.62	6.62
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E98B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C8BB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279eb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 158, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.103 211.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79bbc9',
    500: '#279eb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279eb2;
$custom-light: #79bbc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279eb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.633,
    "s": 64.055,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64524,
    "c": 0.1032,
    "h": 211.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279EB2

secondary

#C87A6D

accent

#5941E7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #279EB2

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

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