#279AB4#279AB4

#279AB4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.104 H 217.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279AB4
RGB	rgb(39, 154, 180)
HSL	hsl(191, 64%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(191, 78%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.3%, 14.4%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.82, -22.04, -22.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.82, 31.44, 225.51°)
OKLab	oklab(63.62% -0.0829 -0.0627)
OKLCH	oklch(63.62% 0.104 217.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.6270, 26.8353, 47.2638)
Luminance	0.2684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279AB4 #B44127

analogous

#27B488 #279AB4 #2753B4

triadic

#279AB4 #B4279A #9AB427

tetradic

#279AB4 #8827B4 #B44127 #53B427

square

#279AB4 #8827B4 #B44127 #53B427

split-complementary

#279AB4 #B42753 #B48827

monochromatic

#11444F #1C6F82 #279AB4 #42BBD6 #74CDE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#279AB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.37

#279AB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279AB4

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279AB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279AB4	1.00	3.30	6.37	6.37
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8995B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7688B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279ab4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 154, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.104 217.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79b8ca',
    500: '#279ab4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279ab4;
$custom-light: #79b8ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279ab4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.064,
    "s": 64.384,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63618,
    "c": 0.10395,
    "h": 217.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279AB4

secondary

#C87F6F

accent

#5F40E7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0A1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #279AB4

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

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