#279EBC#279EBC

#279EBC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.108 H 219.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279EBC
RGB	rgb(39, 158, 188)
HSL	hsl(192, 66%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(192, 79%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.3%, 16%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.35, -21.46, -24.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.35, 32.64, 228.89°)
OKLab	oklab(64.95% -0.0836 -0.0688)
OKLCH	oklch(64.95% 0.108 219.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.1368, 28.5132, 51.9041)
Luminance	0.2852 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279EBC #BC4527

analogous

#27BC90 #279EBC #2753BC

triadic

#279EBC #BC279E #9EBC27

tetradic

#279EBC #9027BC #BC4527 #53BC27

square

#279EBC #9027BC #BC4527 #53BC27

split-complementary

#279EBC #BC2753 #BC9027

monochromatic

#124957 #1C7389 #279EBC #47BCD9 #7ACEE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#279EBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.70

#279EBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279EBC

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279EBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279EBC	1.00	3.13	6.70	6.70
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B9ABE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#788BBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279ebc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 158, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.108 219.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7abbd0',
    500: '#279ebc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279ebc;
$custom-light: #7abbd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279ebc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.081,
    "s": 65.639,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64949,
    "c": 0.1083,
    "h": 219.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279EBC

secondary

#CB8573

accent

#613FE9

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #279EBC

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

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