#279DC9#279DC9

#279DC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.118 H 228.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279DC9
RGB	rgb(39, 157, 201)
HSL	hsl(196, 68%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(196, 81%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.6%, 21.9%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.57, -16.52, -31.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.57, 35.62, 242.36°)
OKLab	oklab(65.3% -0.0778 -0.0888)
OKLCH	oklch(65.3% 0.118 228.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.4319, 28.7594, 59.5632)
Luminance	0.2876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279DC9 #C95327

analogous

#27C9A4 #279DC9 #274CC9

triadic

#279DC9 #C9279D #9DC927

tetradic

#279DC9 #A427C9 #C95327 #4CC927

square

#279DC9 #A427C9 #C95327 #4CC927

split-complementary

#279DC9 #C9274C #C9A427

monochromatic

#134D62 #1D7596 #279DC9 #50B7DD #83CCE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#279DC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.75

#279DC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279DC9

6.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279DC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279DC9	1.00	3.11	6.75	6.75
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#869ACB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#718BC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279dc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 157, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.118 228.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cbad9',
    500: '#279dc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279dc9;
$custom-light: #7cbad9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279dc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.296,
    "s": 67.5,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65297,
    "c": 0.11802,
    "h": 228.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279DC9

secondary

#D0937C

accent

#6C3DEA

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#EFF6FA

border

#CAD0D3

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #279DC9

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

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