#279BC9#279BC9

#279BC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.119 H 230.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279BC9
RGB	rgb(39, 155, 201)
HSL	hsl(197, 68%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(197, 81%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.6%, 22.9%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.97, -15.44, -32.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.97, 35.97, 244.58°)
OKLab	oklab(64.82% -0.0759 -0.0915)
OKLCH	oklch(64.82% 0.119 230.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.0963, 28.0882, 59.4513)
Luminance	0.2809 (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

#279BC9 #C95527

analogous

#27C9A6 #279BC9 #274AC9

triadic

#279BC9 #C9279B #9BC927

tetradic

#279BC9 #A627C9 #C95527 #4AC927

square

#279BC9 #A627C9 #C95527 #4AC927

split-complementary

#279BC9 #C9274A #C9A627

monochromatic

#134C62 #1D7396 #279BC9 #50B5DD #83CBE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#279BC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.62

#279BC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279BC9

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279BC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279BC9	1.00	3.17	6.62	6.62
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8399CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E8AC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279bc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 155, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.119 230.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cb8d9',
    500: '#279bc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279bc9;
$custom-light: #7cb8d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279bc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.037,
    "s": 67.5,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64817,
    "c": 0.11888,
    "h": 230.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279BC9

secondary

#D0947C

accent

#6F3DEA

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#EFF6FA

border

#CAD0D3

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #279BC9

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

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