#279ABA#279ABA

#279ABA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.108 H 221.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279ABA
RGB	rgb(39, 154, 186)
HSL	hsl(193, 65%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(193, 79%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(79%, 17.2%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.05, -20.03, -25.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.05, 32.40, 231.81°)
OKLab	oklab(63.88% -0.0806 -0.0713)
OKLCH	oklch(63.88% 0.108 221.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.2515, 27.0851, 50.5527)
Luminance	0.2709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279ABA #BA4727

analogous

#27BA91 #279ABA #2751BA

triadic

#279ABA #BA279A #9ABA27

tetradic

#279ABA #9127BA #BA4727 #51BA27

square

#279ABA #9127BA #BA4727 #51BA27

split-complementary

#279ABA #BA2751 #BA9127

monochromatic

#124655 #1C7087 #279ABA #46B8D8 #79CCE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#279ABA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#279ABA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279ABA

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279ABA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279ABA	1.00	3.27	6.42	6.42
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8796BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7488BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279aba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 154, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.108 221.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ab8ce',
    500: '#279aba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279aba;
$custom-light: #7ab8ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279aba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.061,
    "s": 65.333,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63881,
    "c": 0.10759,
    "h": 221.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279ABA

secondary

#CB8572

accent

#6440E8

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #279ABA

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

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