#279FB0#279FB0

#279FB0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.103 H 209.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279FB0
RGB	rgb(39, 159, 176)
HSL	hsl(187, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(187, 78%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.8%, 9.7%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.21, -25.90, -18.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.21, 31.57, 214.86°)
OKLab	oklab(64.69% -0.0895 -0.0503)
OKLCH	oklch(64.69% 0.103 209.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.0679, 28.3596, 45.4295)
Luminance	0.2836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279FB0 #B03827

analogous

#27B07C #279FB0 #275BB0

triadic

#279FB0 #B0279F #9FB027

tetradic

#279FB0 #7C27B0 #B03827 #5BB027

square

#279FB0 #7C27B0 #B03827 #5BB027

split-complementary

#279FB0 #B0275B #B07C27

monochromatic

#11444C #1C727E #279FB0 #40C2D5 #72D2E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#279FB0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.67

#279FB0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279FB0

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279FB0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279FB0	1.00	3.15	6.67	6.67
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9099B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E8BB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279fb0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 159, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.103 209.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79bbc7',
    500: '#279fb0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279fb0;
$custom-light: #79bbc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279fb0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.445,
    "s": 63.721,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64691,
    "c": 0.10263,
    "h": 209.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279FB0

secondary

#C7776C

accent

#5641E7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #279FB0

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

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