#279AB9#279AB9

#279AB9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.107 H 220.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279AB9
RGB	rgb(39, 154, 185)
HSL	hsl(193, 65%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(193, 79%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.9%, 16.8%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.01, -20.37, -24.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.01, 32.22, 230.79°)
OKLab	oklab(63.84% -0.0809 -0.0699)
OKLCH	oklch(63.84% 0.107 220.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.1456, 27.0427, 49.9948)
Luminance	0.2705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279AB9 #B94627

analogous

#27B98F #279AB9 #2751B9

triadic

#279AB9 #B9279A #9AB927

tetradic

#279AB9 #8F27B9 #B94627 #51B927

square

#279AB9 #8F27B9 #B94627 #51B927

split-complementary

#279AB9 #B92751 #B98F27

monochromatic

#124654 #1C7086 #279AB9 #45B9D8 #78CCE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#279AB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#279AB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279AB9

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279AB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279AB9	1.00	3.28	6.41	6.41
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8796BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7488B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279ab9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 154, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.107 220.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79b8ce',
    500: '#279ab9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279ab9;
$custom-light: #79b8ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279ab9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.74,
    "s": 65.179,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63836,
    "c": 0.10694,
    "h": 220.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279AB9

secondary

#CA8472

accent

#6340E8

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #279AB9

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

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