#279FB4#279FB4

#279FB4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.104 H 212.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279FB4
RGB	rgb(39, 159, 180)
HSL	hsl(189, 64%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(189, 78%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.3%, 11.7%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.36, -24.61, -20.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.36, 31.77, 219.21°)
OKLab	oklab(64.85% -0.0878 -0.056)
OKLCH	oklch(64.85% 0.104 212.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.4695, 28.5202, 47.5446)
Luminance	0.2852 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279FB4 #B43C27

analogous

#27B482 #279FB4 #2758B4

triadic

#279FB4 #B4279F #9FB427

tetradic

#279FB4 #8227B4 #B43C27 #58B427

square

#279FB4 #8227B4 #B43C27 #58B427

split-complementary

#279FB4 #B42758 #B48227

monochromatic

#11464F #1C7382 #279FB4 #42C0D6 #74D1E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#279FB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.70

#279FB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279FB4

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279FB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279FB4	1.00	3.13	6.70	6.70
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F99B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C8CB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279fb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 159, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.104 212.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79bbca',
    500: '#279fb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279fb4;
$custom-light: #79bbca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279fb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.936,
    "s": 64.384,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64855,
    "c": 0.10415,
    "h": 212.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279FB4

secondary

#C87C6F

accent

#5940E7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #279FB4

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

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