#279FB6#279FB6

#279FB6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.105 H 214.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279FB6
RGB	rgb(39, 159, 182)
HSL	hsl(190, 65%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(190, 79%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.6%, 12.6%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.43, -23.96, -21.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.43, 31.93, 221.37°)
OKLab	oklab(64.94% -0.087 -0.0589)
OKLCH	oklch(64.94% 0.105 214.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.6747, 28.6023, 48.6253)
Luminance	0.2861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279FB6 #B63E27

analogous

#27B685 #279FB6 #2758B6

triadic

#279FB6 #B6279F #9FB627

tetradic

#279FB6 #8527B6 #B63E27 #58B627

square

#279FB6 #8527B6 #B63E27 #58B627

split-complementary

#279FB6 #B62758 #B68527

monochromatic

#114751 #1C7384 #279FB6 #43BFD7 #76D0E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#279FB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.72

#279FB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279FB6

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279FB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279FB6	1.00	3.12	6.72	6.72
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E9AB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B8CB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279fb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 159, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.105 214.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79bbcc',
    500: '#279fb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279fb6;
$custom-light: #79bbcc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279fb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.65,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64938,
    "c": 0.10504,
    "h": 214.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279FB6

secondary

#C97E70

accent

#5B40E8

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #279FB6

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

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