#279CC9#279CC9

#279CC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.118 H 229.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279CC9
RGB	rgb(39, 156, 201)
HSL	hsl(197, 68%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(197, 81%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.6%, 22.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.27, -15.98, -32.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.27, 35.79, 243.48°)
OKLab	oklab(65.06% -0.0768 -0.0901)
OKLCH	oklch(65.06% 0.118 229.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.2635, 28.4224, 59.5070)
Luminance	0.2843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279CC9 #C95427

analogous

#27C9A5 #279CC9 #274BC9

triadic

#279CC9 #C9279C #9CC927

tetradic

#279CC9 #A527C9 #C95427 #4BC927

square

#279CC9 #A527C9 #C95427 #4BC927

split-complementary

#279CC9 #C9274B #C9A527

monochromatic

#134C62 #1D7496 #279CC9 #50B6DD #83CBE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#279CC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.69

#279CC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279CC9

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279CC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279CC9	1.00	3.14	6.69	6.69
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#859ACB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F8BC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279cc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 156, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.118 229.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cb9d9',
    500: '#279cc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279cc9;
$custom-light: #7cb9d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279cc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.667,
    "s": 67.5,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65057,
    "c": 0.11844,
    "h": 229.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279CC9

secondary

#D0937C

accent

#6D3DEA

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#EFF6FA

border

#CAD0D3

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #279CC9

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

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