#279CBC#279CBC

#279CBC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.109 H 221.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279CBC
RGB	rgb(39, 156, 188)
HSL	hsl(193, 66%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(193, 79%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.3%, 17%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.74, -20.41, -25.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.74, 32.69, 231.36°)
OKLab	oklab(64.46% -0.0817 -0.0715)
OKLCH	oklch(64.46% 0.109 221.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.7984, 27.8364, 51.7913)
Luminance	0.2784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279CBC #BC4727

analogous

#27BC92 #279CBC #2752BC

triadic

#279CBC #BC279C #9CBC27

tetradic

#279CBC #9227BC #BC4727 #52BC27

square

#279CBC #9227BC #BC4727 #52BC27

split-complementary

#279CBC #BC2752 #BC9227

monochromatic

#124857 #1C7289 #279CBC #47BAD9 #7ACDE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#279CBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.57

#279CBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279CBC

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279CBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279CBC	1.00	3.20	6.57	6.57
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8998BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#758ABC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279cbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 156, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.109 221.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ab9d0',
    500: '#279cbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279cbc;
$custom-light: #7ab9d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279cbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.886,
    "s": 65.639,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64459,
    "c": 0.10858,
    "h": 221.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279CBC

secondary

#CB8673

accent

#643FE9

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #279CBC

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

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