#277E96#277E96

#277E96 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.088 H 220.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#277E96
RGB	rgb(39, 126, 150)
HSL	hsl(193, 59%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(193, 74%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(74%, 16%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.95, -17.16, -20.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.95, 26.59, 229.80°)
OKLab	oklab(55.3% -0.0669 -0.0567)
OKLCH	oklch(55.3% 0.088 220.3)
XYZ	xyz(13.8003, 17.5534, 31.5091)
Luminance	0.1756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#277E96 #963F27

analogous

#279677 #277E96 #274796

triadic

#277E96 #96277E #7E9627

tetradic

#277E96 #772796 #963F27 #479627

square

#277E96 #772796 #963F27 #479627

split-complementary

#277E96 #962747 #967727

monochromatic

#0E2C35 #1A5565 #277E96 #34A7C7 #61BDD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.66

#277E96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.51

#277E96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #277E96

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##277E96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##277E96	1.00	4.66	4.51	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F7B97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#606F96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008686

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #277e96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 126, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.088 220.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72a3b5',
    500: '#277e96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #277e96;
$custom-light: #72a3b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#277e96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.973,
    "s": 58.73,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55296,
    "c": 0.08773,
    "h": 220.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#277E96

secondary

#BC725D

accent

#6846E2

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF3F6

border

#C8CDD0

text

#090F11

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #277E96

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

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