#27879D#27879D

#27879D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.092 H 216.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#27879D
RGB	rgb(39, 135, 157)
HSL	hsl(191, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(191, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.2%, 14%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.05, -19.67, -19.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.05, 27.79, 224.94°)
OKLab	oklab(57.88% -0.0733 -0.0548)
OKLCH	oklch(57.88% 0.092 216.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.5839, 20.1917, 34.9678)
Luminance	0.2019 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#27879D #9D3D27

analogous

#279D78 #27879D #274C9D

triadic

#27879D #9D2787 #879D27

tetradic

#27879D #78279D #9D3D27 #4C9D27

square

#27879D #78279D #9D3D27 #4C9D27

split-complementary

#27879D #9D274C #9D7827

monochromatic

#0F333B #1B5D6C #27879D #35B0CD #66C3D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#27879D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.04

#27879D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #27879D

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##27879D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##27879D	1.00	4.17	5.04	5.04
#FFFFFF	4.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#78839E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#68779D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #27879d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 135, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.092 216.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74aaba',
    500: '#27879d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #27879d;
$custom-light: #74aaba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#27879d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.186,
    "s": 60.204,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57881,
    "c": 0.09154,
    "h": 216.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#27879D

secondary

#BF7361

accent

#6244E3

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #27879D

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

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