#279ABD#279ABD

#279ABD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.110 H 223.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279ABD
RGB	rgb(39, 154, 189)
HSL	hsl(194, 66%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(194, 79%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.4%, 18.5%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.17, -19.02, -26.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.17, 33.00, 234.82°)
OKLab	oklab(64.02% -0.0794 -0.0756)
OKLCH	oklch(64.02% 0.11 223.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.5738, 27.2140, 52.2500)
Luminance	0.2722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279ABD #BD4A27

analogous

#27BD95 #279ABD #274FBD

triadic

#279ABD #BD279A #9ABD27

tetradic

#279ABD #9527BD #BD4A27 #4FBD27

square

#279ABD #9527BD #BD4A27 #4FBD27

split-complementary

#279ABD #BD274F #BD9527

monochromatic

#124758 #1D718A #279ABD #48B7D9 #7BCBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#279ABD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#279ABD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279ABD

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279ABD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279ABD	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8696BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7288BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279abd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 154, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.110 223.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ab8d1',
    500: '#279abd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279abd;
$custom-light: #7ab8d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279abd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64016,
    "c": 0.10966,
    "h": 223.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279ABD

secondary

#CC8974

accent

#673FE9

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #279ABD

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

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