#279CBA#279CBA

#279CBA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.107 H 219.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279CBA
RGB	rgb(39, 156, 186)
HSL	hsl(192, 65%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(192, 79%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(79%, 16.1%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.66, -21.08, -24.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.66, 32.34, 229.32°)
OKLab	oklab(64.37% -0.0825 -0.0686)
OKLCH	oklch(64.37% 0.107 219.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.5843, 27.7508, 50.6637)
Luminance	0.2775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279CBA #BA4527

analogous

#27BA8F #279CBA #2753BA

triadic

#279CBA #BA279C #9CBA27

tetradic

#279CBA #8F27BA #BA4527 #53BA27

square

#279CBA #8F27BA #BA4527 #53BA27

split-complementary

#279CBA #BA2753 #BA8F27

monochromatic

#124755 #1C7287 #279CBA #46BAD8 #79CDE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#279CBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#279CBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279CBA

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279CBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279CBA	1.00	3.21	6.55	6.55
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A98BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#768ABA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279cba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 156, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.107 219.8);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279cba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.245,
    "s": 65.333,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64371,
    "c": 0.1073,
    "h": 219.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279CBA

secondary

#CB8472

accent

#6240E8

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #279CBA

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

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