#278497#278497

#278497 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.088 H 214.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#278497
RGB	rgb(39, 132, 151)
HSL	hsl(190, 59%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(190, 74%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.2%, 12.6%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.88, -20.07, -17.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.88, 26.91, 221.79°)
OKLab	oklab(56.86% -0.0727 -0.05)
OKLCH	oklch(56.86% 0.088 214.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.6715, 19.1665, 32.1984)
Luminance	0.1917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#278497 #973A27

analogous

#279772 #278497 #274C97

triadic

#278497 #972784 #849727

tetradic

#278497 #722797 #973A27 #4C9727

square

#278497 #722797 #973A27 #4C9727

split-complementary

#278497 #97274C #977227

monochromatic

#0E2F36 #1A5966 #278497 #34AFC8 #62C3D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.34

#278497 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.83

#278497 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #278497

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##278497	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##278497	1.00	4.34	4.83	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#768098

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#677497

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #278497;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 132, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.088 214.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72a8b5',
    500: '#278497',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #278497;
$custom-light: #72a8b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#278497",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.179,
    "s": 58.947,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56862,
    "c": 0.08826,
    "h": 214.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#278497

secondary

#BC6E5E

accent

#6046E2

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#090F11

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #278497

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

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