#279AB1#279AB1

#279AB1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.102 H 214.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279AB1
RGB	rgb(39, 154, 177)
HSL	hsl(190, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(190, 78%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(78%, 13%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.71, -23.03, -20.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.71, 31.10, 222.23°)
OKLab	oklab(63.49% -0.0841 -0.0583)
OKLCH	oklch(63.49% 0.102 214.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.3247, 26.7144, 45.6716)
Luminance	0.2672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279AB1 #B13E27

analogous

#27B183 #279AB1 #2755B1

triadic

#279AB1 #B1279A #9AB127

tetradic

#279AB1 #8327B1 #B13E27 #55B127

square

#279AB1 #8327B1 #B13E27 #55B127

split-complementary

#279AB1 #B12755 #B18327

monochromatic

#11434D #1C6E7F #279AB1 #40BCD5 #72CEE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#279AB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.34

#279AB1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279AB1

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279AB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279AB1	1.00	3.31	6.34	6.34
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A95B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7787B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279ab1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 154, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.102 214.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78b8c8',
    500: '#279ab1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279ab1;
$custom-light: #78b8c8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279ab1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190,
    "s": 63.889,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6349,
    "c": 0.1024,
    "h": 214.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279AB1

secondary

#C77C6D

accent

#5D41E7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0A1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #279AB1

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

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