#279EBA#279EBA

#279EBA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.107 H 218.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279EBA
RGB	rgb(39, 158, 186)
HSL	hsl(191, 65%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(191, 79%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(79%, 15.1%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.27, -22.13, -23.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.27, 32.34, 226.83°)
OKLab	oklab(64.86% -0.0844 -0.066)
OKLCH	oklch(64.86% 0.107 218)
XYZ	xyz(21.9227, 28.4275, 50.7765)
Luminance	0.2843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279EBA #BA4327

analogous

#27BA8D #279EBA #2754BA

triadic

#279EBA #BA279E #9EBA27

tetradic

#279EBA #8D27BA #BA4327 #54BA27

square

#279EBA #8D27BA #BA4327 #54BA27

split-complementary

#279EBA #BA2754 #BA8D27

monochromatic

#124855 #1C7387 #279EBA #46BCD8 #79CFE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#279EBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.69

#279EBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279EBA

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

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

#8C99BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#798BBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279eba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 158, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.107 218.0);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279eba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.429,
    "s": 65.333,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64862,
    "c": 0.10713,
    "h": 218
  },
  "luminance": 0.2843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279EBA

secondary

#CB8372

accent

#6040E8

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #279EBA

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

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