#27879C#27879C

#27879C is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.091 H 215.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#27879C
RGB	rgb(39, 135, 156)
HSL	hsl(191, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(191, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(75%, 13.5%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.02, -20.00, -19.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.02, 27.66, 223.69°)
OKLab	oklab(57.84% -0.0737 -0.0533)
OKLCH	oklch(57.84% 0.091 215.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.4989, 20.1577, 34.5200)
Luminance	0.2016 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#27879C #9C3C27

analogous

#279C76 #27879C #274C9C

triadic

#27879C #9C2787 #879C27

tetradic

#27879C #76279C #9C3C27 #4C9C27

square

#27879C #76279C #9C3C27 #4C9C27

split-complementary

#27879C #9C274C #9C7627

monochromatic

#0F323A #1B5D6B #27879C #34B1CC #65C4D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#27879C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.03

#27879C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #27879C

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##27879C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##27879C	1.00	4.17	5.03	5.03
#FFFFFF	4.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#79839D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#69779C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #27879c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 135, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.091 215.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73aab9',
    500: '#27879c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #27879c;
$custom-light: #73aab9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#27879c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.769,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57838,
    "c": 0.09099,
    "h": 215.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#27879C

secondary

#BE7161

accent

#6145E3

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #27879C

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

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