#279ABB#279ABB

#279ABB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.108 H 222.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279ABB
RGB	rgb(39, 154, 187)
HSL	hsl(193, 65%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(193, 79%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.1%, 17.6%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.09, -19.69, -25.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.09, 32.59, 232.82°)
OKLab	oklab(63.93% -0.0802 -0.0728)
OKLCH	oklch(63.93% 0.108 222.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.3582, 27.1278, 51.1146)
Luminance	0.2713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279ABB #BB4827

analogous

#27BB92 #279ABB #2750BB

triadic

#279ABB #BB279A #9ABB27

tetradic

#279ABB #9227BB #BB4827 #50BB27

square

#279ABB #9227BB #BB4827 #50BB27

split-complementary

#279ABB #BB2750 #BB9227

monochromatic

#124756 #1C7088 #279ABB #47B8D9 #79CCE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#279ABB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#279ABB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279ABB

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279ABB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279ABB	1.00	3.27	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8796BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7388BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279abb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 154, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.108 222.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ab8cf',
    500: '#279abb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279abb;
$custom-light: #7ab8cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279abb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.378,
    "s": 65.487,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63925,
    "c": 0.10826,
    "h": 222.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279ABB

secondary

#CB8673

accent

#653FE8

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #279ABB

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

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