#278DAC#278DAC

#278DAC is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.100 H 223.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#278DAC
RGB	rgb(39, 141, 172)
HSL	hsl(194, 63%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(194, 77%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.3%, 18%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.51, -17.83, -24.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.51, 30.30, 233.96°)
OKLab	oklab(60.05% -0.0733 -0.0686)
OKLCH	oklch(60.05% 0.1 223.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.8049, 22.4575, 42.4181)
Luminance	0.2246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#278DAC #AC4627

analogous

#27AC89 #278DAC #274BAC

triadic

#278DAC #AC278D #8DAC27

tetradic

#278DAC #8927AC #AC4627 #4BAC27

square

#278DAC #8927AC #AC4627 #4BAC27

split-complementary

#278DAC #AC274B #AC8927

monochromatic

#103B48 #1C647A #278DAC #3DB0D3 #6FC4DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#278DAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.49

#278DAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #278DAC

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##278DAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##278DAC	1.00	3.82	5.49	5.49
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B8AAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#697DAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009797

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #278dac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 141, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.100 223.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76aec4',
    500: '#278dac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #278dac;
$custom-light: #76aec4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#278dac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.985,
    "s": 63.033,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60049,
    "c": 0.10046,
    "h": 223.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#278DAC

secondary

#C57F6A

accent

#6842E6

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #278DAC

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

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