#279EB4#279EB4

#279EB4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.104 H 213.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279EB4
RGB	rgb(39, 158, 180)
HSL	hsl(189, 64%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(189, 78%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.3%, 12.2%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.05, -24.10, -20.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.05, 31.67, 220.46°)
OKLab	oklab(64.61% -0.0868 -0.0573)
OKLCH	oklch(64.61% 0.104 213.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.2982, 28.1777, 47.4875)
Luminance	0.2818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279EB4 #B43D27

analogous

#27B484 #279EB4 #2757B4

triadic

#279EB4 #B4279E #9EB427

tetradic

#279EB4 #8427B4 #B43D27 #57B427

square

#279EB4 #8427B4 #B43D27 #57B427

split-complementary

#279EB4 #B42757 #B48427

monochromatic

#11464F #1C7282 #279EB4 #42BFD6 #74D0E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#279EB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.64

#279EB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279EB4

6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279EB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279EB4	1.00	3.16	6.64	6.64
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E99B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B8BB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279eb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 158, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.104 213.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79bbca',
    500: '#279eb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279eb4;
$custom-light: #79bbca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279eb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.362,
    "s": 64.384,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64607,
    "c": 0.10406,
    "h": 213.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279EB4

secondary

#C87D6F

accent

#5A40E7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #279EB4

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

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