#279FB1#279FB1

#279FB1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.103 H 210.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279FB1
RGB	rgb(39, 159, 177)
HSL	hsl(188, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(188, 78%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(78%, 10.2%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.25, -25.58, -18.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.25, 31.60, 215.96°)
OKLab	oklab(64.73% -0.0891 -0.0517)
OKLCH	oklch(64.73% 0.103 210.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.1672, 28.3993, 45.9525)
Luminance	0.2840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279FB1 #B13927

analogous

#27B17E #279FB1 #275AB1

triadic

#279FB1 #B1279F #9FB127

tetradic

#279FB1 #7E27B1 #B13927 #5AB127

square

#279FB1 #7E27B1 #B13927 #5AB127

split-complementary

#279FB1 #B1275A #B17E27

monochromatic

#11454D #1C727F #279FB1 #40C2D5 #72D2E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#279FB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.68

#279FB1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279FB1

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279FB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279FB1	1.00	3.14	6.68	6.68
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9099B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D8BB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279fb1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 159, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.103 210.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79bbc8',
    500: '#279fb1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279fb1;
$custom-light: #79bbc8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279fb1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.826,
    "s": 63.889,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64731,
    "c": 0.10297,
    "h": 210.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279FB1

secondary

#C7786D

accent

#5741E7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #279FB1

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

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