#279BB9#279BB9

#279BB9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.107 H 219.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279BB9
RGB	rgb(39, 155, 185)
HSL	hsl(192, 65%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(192, 79%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.9%, 16.2%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.32, -20.89, -24.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.32, 32.19, 229.53°)
OKLab	oklab(64.08% -0.0819 -0.0685)
OKLCH	oklch(64.08% 0.107 219.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.3113, 27.3742, 50.0501)
Luminance	0.2738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279BB9 #B94527

analogous

#27B98E #279BB9 #2752B9

triadic

#279BB9 #B9279B #9BB927

tetradic

#279BB9 #8E27B9 #B94527 #52B927

square

#279BB9 #8E27B9 #B94527 #52B927

split-complementary

#279BB9 #B92752 #B98E27

monochromatic

#124654 #1C7186 #279BB9 #45BAD8 #78CDE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#279BB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#279BB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279BB9

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279BB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279BB9	1.00	3.24	6.48	6.48
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8997BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7589B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279bb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 155, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.107 219.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79b8ce',
    500: '#279bb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279bb9;
$custom-light: #79b8ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279bb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.329,
    "s": 65.179,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64082,
    "c": 0.1068,
    "h": 219.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279BB9

secondary

#CA8472

accent

#6240E8

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #279BB9

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

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