#279CB9#279CB9

#279CB9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.107 H 219.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279CB9
RGB	rgb(39, 156, 185)
HSL	hsl(192, 65%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(192, 79%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.9%, 15.7%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.62, -21.42, -24.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.62, 32.18, 228.28°)
OKLab	oklab(64.33% -0.0829 -0.0672)
OKLCH	oklch(64.33% 0.107 219)
XYZ	xyz(21.4784, 27.7084, 50.1058)
Luminance	0.2771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279CB9 #B94427

analogous

#27B98D #279CB9 #2753B9

triadic

#279CB9 #B9279C #9CB927

tetradic

#279CB9 #8D27B9 #B94427 #53B927

square

#279CB9 #8D27B9 #B94427 #53B927

split-complementary

#279CB9 #B92753 #B98D27

monochromatic

#124754 #1C7186 #279CB9 #45BBD8 #78CDE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#279CB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#279CB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279CB9

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279CB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279CB9	1.00	3.21	6.54	6.54
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A98BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#778AB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279cb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 156, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.107 219.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ab9ce',
    500: '#279cb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279cb9;
$custom-light: #7ab9ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279cb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.918,
    "s": 65.179,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64327,
    "c": 0.1067,
    "h": 219
  },
  "luminance": 0.27711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279CB9

secondary

#CA8372

accent

#6140E8

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #279CB9

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

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