#279BB4#279BB4

#279BB4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.104 H 216.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279BB4
RGB	rgb(39, 155, 180)
HSL	hsl(191, 64%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(191, 78%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.3%, 13.9%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.13, -22.56, -21.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.13, 31.48, 224.23°)
OKLab	oklab(63.87% -0.0839 -0.0613)
OKLCH	oklch(63.87% 0.104 216.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.7927, 27.1668, 47.3190)
Luminance	0.2717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279BB4 #B44027

analogous

#27B486 #279BB4 #2755B4

triadic

#279BB4 #B4279B #9BB427

tetradic

#279BB4 #8627B4 #B44027 #55B427

square

#279BB4 #8627B4 #B44027 #55B427

split-complementary

#279BB4 #B42755 #B48627

monochromatic

#11444F #1C7082 #279BB4 #42BCD6 #74CEE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#279BB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#279BB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279BB4

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279BB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279BB4	1.00	3.26	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.26	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)

#8A96B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7788B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279bb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 155, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.104 216.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79b8ca',
    500: '#279bb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279bb4;
$custom-light: #79b8ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279bb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.638,
    "s": 64.384,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63865,
    "c": 0.10393,
    "h": 216.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279BB4

secondary

#C87E6F

accent

#5E40E7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #279BB4

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

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