#279AB2#279AB2

#279AB2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.103 H 215.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279AB2
RGB	rgb(39, 154, 178)
HSL	hsl(190, 64%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(190, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.1%, 13.5%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.75, -22.70, -21.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.75, 31.20, 223.33°)
OKLab	oklab(63.53% -0.0837 -0.0598)
OKLCH	oklch(63.53% 0.103 215.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.4247, 26.7544, 46.1985)
Luminance	0.2676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279AB2 #B23F27

analogous

#27B285 #279AB2 #2754B2

triadic

#279AB2 #B2279A #9AB227

tetradic

#279AB2 #8527B2 #B23F27 #54B227

square

#279AB2 #8527B2 #B23F27 #54B227

split-complementary

#279AB2 #B22754 #B28527

monochromatic

#11434E #1C6F80 #279AB2 #41BCD5 #73CDE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#279AB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.35

#279AB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279AB2

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279AB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279AB2	1.00	3.31	6.35	6.35
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8995B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7787B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279ab2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 154, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.103 215.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78b8c9',
    500: '#279ab2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279ab2;
$custom-light: #78b8c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279ab2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.36,
    "s": 64.055,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63533,
    "c": 0.10289,
    "h": 215.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279AB2

secondary

#C87D6D

accent

#5D41E7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0A1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #279AB2

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

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