#279BBA#279BBA

#279BBA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.107 H 220.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279BBA
RGB	rgb(39, 155, 186)
HSL	hsl(193, 65%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(193, 79%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(79%, 16.7%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.36, -20.56, -25.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.36, 32.36, 230.56°)
OKLab	oklab(64.13% -0.0815 -0.07)
OKLCH	oklch(64.13% 0.107 220.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.4172, 27.4165, 50.6080)
Luminance	0.2742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279BBA #BA4627

analogous

#27BA90 #279BBA #2752BA

triadic

#279BBA #BA279B #9BBA27

tetradic

#279BBA #9027BA #BA4627 #52BA27

square

#279BBA #9027BA #BA4627 #52BA27

split-complementary

#279BBA #BA2752 #BA9027

monochromatic

#124755 #1C7187 #279BBA #46B9D8 #79CCE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#279BBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#279BBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279BBA

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279BBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279BBA	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)

#8897BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7589BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279bba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 155, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.107 220.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ab8ce',
    500: '#279bba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279bba;
$custom-light: #7ab8ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279bba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.653,
    "s": 65.333,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64126,
    "c": 0.10744,
    "h": 220.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279BBA

secondary

#CB8572

accent

#6340E8

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #279BBA

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

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