#279DBA#279DBA

#279DBA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.107 H 218.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279DBA
RGB	rgb(39, 157, 186)
HSL	hsl(192, 65%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(192, 79%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(79%, 15.6%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.97, -21.61, -24.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.97, 32.34, 228.07°)
OKLab	oklab(64.62% -0.0834 -0.0673)
OKLCH	oklch(64.62% 0.107 218.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.7528, 28.0878, 50.7199)
Luminance	0.2809 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279DBA #BA4427

analogous

#27BA8E #279DBA #2754BA

triadic

#279DBA #BA279D #9DBA27

tetradic

#279DBA #8E27BA #BA4427 #54BA27

square

#279DBA #8E27BA #BA4427 #54BA27

split-complementary

#279DBA #BA2754 #BA8E27

monochromatic

#124855 #1C7287 #279DBA #46BBD8 #79CEE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#279DBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.62

#279DBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279DBA

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

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

#8B98BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#778ABA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279dba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 157, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.107 218.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7abace',
    500: '#279dba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279dba;
$custom-light: #7abace;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279dba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.837,
    "s": 65.333,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64616,
    "c": 0.1072,
    "h": 218.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279DBA

secondary

#CB8472

accent

#6140E8

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #279DBA

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

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