#279CC2#279CC2

#279CC2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.113 H 225.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279CC2
RGB	rgb(39, 156, 194)
HSL	hsl(195, 67%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(195, 80%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.9%, 19.6%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.98, -18.38, -28.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.98, 33.95, 237.21°)
OKLab	oklab(64.73% -0.0794 -0.0801)
OKLCH	oklch(64.73% 0.113 225.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.4587, 28.1005, 55.2687)
Luminance	0.2810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279CC2 #C24D27

analogous

#27C29B #279CC2 #274EC2

triadic

#279CC2 #C2279C #9CC227

tetradic

#279CC2 #9B27C2 #C24D27 #4EC227

square

#279CC2 #9B27C2 #C24D27 #4EC227

split-complementary

#279CC2 #C2274E #C29B27

monochromatic

#134A5C #1D738F #279CC2 #4BB8DB #7ECCE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#279CC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.62

#279CC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279CC2

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279CC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279CC2	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)

#8799C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#738AC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279cc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 156, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.113 225.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bb9d4',
    500: '#279cc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279cc2;
$custom-light: #7bb9d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279cc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.71,
    "s": 66.524,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6473,
    "c": 0.11281,
    "h": 225.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279CC2

secondary

#CE8C77

accent

#683EE9

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#EFF6FA

border

#CAD0D3

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #279CC2

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

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