#279FB2#279FB2

#279FB2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.103 H 210.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279FB2
RGB	rgb(39, 159, 178)
HSL	hsl(188, 64%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(188, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.1%, 10.7%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.28, -25.26, -19.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.28, 31.65, 217.05°)
OKLab	oklab(64.77% -0.0886 -0.0531)
OKLCH	oklch(64.77% 0.103 210.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.2672, 28.4393, 46.4793)
Luminance	0.2844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279FB2 #B23A27

analogous

#27B27F #279FB2 #275AB2

triadic

#279FB2 #B2279F #9FB227

tetradic

#279FB2 #7F27B2 #B23A27 #5AB227

square

#279FB2 #7F27B2 #B23A27 #5AB227

split-complementary

#279FB2 #B2275A #B27F27

monochromatic

#11454E #1C7280 #279FB2 #41C1D5 #73D1E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#279FB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.69

#279FB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279FB2

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279FB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279FB2	1.00	3.14	6.69	6.69
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9099B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D8BB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279fb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 159, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.103 210.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79bbc9',
    500: '#279fb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279fb2;
$custom-light: #79bbc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279fb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.201,
    "s": 64.055,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64772,
    "c": 0.10334,
    "h": 210.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279FB2

secondary

#C87A6D

accent

#5741E7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #279FB2

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

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