#27879E#27879E

#27879E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.092 H 217.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#27879E
RGB	rgb(39, 135, 158)
HSL	hsl(192, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(192, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 14.6%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.09, -19.34, -20.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.09, 27.93, 226.18°)
OKLab	oklab(57.93% -0.0729 -0.0563)
OKLCH	oklch(57.93% 0.092 217.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.6696, 20.2260, 35.4193)
Luminance	0.2023 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#27879E #9E3E27

analogous

#279E79 #27879E #274B9E

triadic

#27879E #9E2787 #879E27

tetradic

#27879E #79279E #9E3E27 #4B9E27

square

#27879E #79279E #9E3E27 #4B9E27

split-complementary

#27879E #9E274B #9E7927

monochromatic

#0F333C #1B5D6D #27879E #35B0CD #66C3D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#27879E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.05

#27879E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #27879E

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##27879E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##27879E	1.00	4.16	5.05	5.05
#FFFFFF	4.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#78839F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#68779E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #27879e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 135, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.092 217.6);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#27879e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.597,
    "s": 60.406,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57925,
    "c": 0.09211,
    "h": 217.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#27879E

secondary

#BF7462

accent

#6344E4

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #27879E

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

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