#279AC2#279AC2

#279AC2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.113 H 226.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279AC2
RGB	rgb(39, 154, 194)
HSL	hsl(195, 67%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(195, 80%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.9%, 20.6%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.37, -17.31, -29.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.37, 34.18, 239.58°)
OKLab	oklab(64.24% -0.0775 -0.0828)
OKLCH	oklch(64.24% 0.113 226.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.1259, 27.4348, 55.1578)
Luminance	0.2744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279AC2 #C24F27

analogous

#27C29C #279AC2 #274CC2

triadic

#279AC2 #C2279A #9AC227

tetradic

#279AC2 #9C27C2 #C24F27 #4CC227

square

#279AC2 #9C27C2 #C24F27 #4CC227

split-complementary

#279AC2 #C2274C #C29C27

monochromatic

#13495C #1D728F #279AC2 #4BB6DB #7ECBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#279AC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#279AC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279AC2

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279AC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279AC2	1.00	3.24	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8597C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7089C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279ac2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 154, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.113 226.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bb7d4',
    500: '#279ac2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279ac2;
$custom-light: #7bb7d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279ac2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.484,
    "s": 66.524,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64245,
    "c": 0.11344,
    "h": 226.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279AC2

secondary

#CE8E77

accent

#6B3EE9

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#EFF6FA

border

#CAD0D3

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #279AC2

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

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