#277B9F#277B9F

#277B9F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.096 H 230.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#277B9F
RGB	rgb(39, 123, 159)
HSL	hsl(198, 61%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(198, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.5%, 22.6%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.38, -12.36, -26.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.38, 29.20, 244.95°)
OKLab	oklab(54.97% -0.0603 -0.0743)
OKLCH	oklch(54.97% 0.096 230.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.1751, 17.0988, 35.3475)
Luminance	0.1710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#277B9F #9F4B27

analogous

#279F87 #277B9F #273F9F

triadic

#277B9F #9F277B #7B9F27

tetradic

#277B9F #87279F #9F4B27 #3F9F27

square

#277B9F #87279F #9F4B27 #3F9F27

split-complementary

#277B9F #9F273F #9F8727

monochromatic

#0F2F3D #1B556E #277B9F #36A0CE #67B7DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#277B9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#277B9F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #277B9F

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##277B9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##277B9F	1.00	4.75	4.42	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6979A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#596E9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008587

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #277b9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 123, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.096 230.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73a1bb',
    500: '#277b9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #277b9f;
$custom-light: #73a1bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#277b9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198,
    "s": 60.606,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54967,
    "c": 0.09575,
    "h": 230.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#277B9F

secondary

#C07E62

accent

#7444E4

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF2F6

border

#C8CCD0

text

#090E12

muted

#7B7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #277B9F

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

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