#279EB9#279EB9

#279EB9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.107 H 217.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279EB9
RGB	rgb(39, 158, 185)
HSL	hsl(191, 65%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(191, 79%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.9%, 14.6%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.24, -22.46, -23.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.24, 32.21, 225.79°)
OKLab	oklab(64.82% -0.0848 -0.0645)
OKLCH	oklch(64.82% 0.107 217.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.8168, 28.3851, 50.2186)
Luminance	0.2839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279EB9 #B94227

analogous

#27B98B #279EB9 #2755B9

triadic

#279EB9 #B9279E #9EB927

tetradic

#279EB9 #8B27B9 #B94227 #55B927

square

#279EB9 #8B27B9 #B94227 #55B927

split-complementary

#279EB9 #B92755 #B98B27

monochromatic

#124854 #1C7386 #279EB9 #45BDD8 #78CFE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#279EB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.68

#279EB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279EB9

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279EB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279EB9	1.00	3.14	6.68	6.68
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C99BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#798BB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A7A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279eb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 158, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.107 217.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7abbce',
    500: '#279eb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279eb9;
$custom-light: #7abbce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279eb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.096,
    "s": 65.179,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64819,
    "c": 0.10656,
    "h": 217.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279EB9

secondary

#CA8272

accent

#5F40E8

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #279EB9

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

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