#279CB4#279CB4

#279CB4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.104 H 215.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279CB4
RGB	rgb(39, 156, 180)
HSL	hsl(190, 64%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(190, 78%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.3%, 13.3%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.44, -23.07, -21.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.44, 31.53, 222.97°)
OKLab	oklab(64.11% -0.0849 -0.06)
OKLCH	oklch(64.11% 0.104 215.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.9599, 27.5010, 47.3747)
Luminance	0.2750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279CB4 #B43F27

analogous

#27B486 #279CB4 #2755B4

triadic

#279CB4 #B4279C #9CB427

tetradic

#279CB4 #8627B4 #B43F27 #55B427

square

#279CB4 #8627B4 #B43F27 #55B427

split-complementary

#279CB4 #B42755 #B48627

monochromatic

#11454F #1C7082 #279CB4 #42BDD6 #74CEE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#279CB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#279CB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279CB4

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279CB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279CB4	1.00	3.23	6.50	6.50
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B97B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7989B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279cb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 156, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.104 215.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79b9ca',
    500: '#279cb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279cb4;
$custom-light: #79b9ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279cb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.213,
    "s": 64.384,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64112,
    "c": 0.10395,
    "h": 215.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279CB4

secondary

#C87E6F

accent

#5D40E7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #279CB4

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

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