#279EBD#279EBD

#279EBD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.109 H 220.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279EBD
RGB	rgb(39, 158, 189)
HSL	hsl(192, 66%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(192, 79%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.4%, 16.4%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.39, -21.13, -25.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.39, 32.81, 229.91°)
OKLab	oklab(64.99% -0.0832 -0.0703)
OKLCH	oklch(64.99% 0.109 220.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.2450, 28.5564, 52.4738)
Luminance	0.2856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279EBD #BD4627

analogous

#27BD91 #279EBD #2753BD

triadic

#279EBD #BD279E #9EBD27

tetradic

#279EBD #9127BD #BD4627 #53BD27

square

#279EBD #9127BD #BD4627 #53BD27

split-complementary

#279EBD #BD2753 #BD9127

monochromatic

#124958 #1D748A #279EBD #48BBD9 #7BCEE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#279EBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71

#279EBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279EBD

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279EBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279EBD	1.00	3.13	6.71	6.71
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B9ABF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#778BBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279ebd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 158, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.109 220.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7abad1',
    500: '#279ebd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279ebd;
$custom-light: #7abad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279ebd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.4,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64992,
    "c": 0.10892,
    "h": 220.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279EBD

secondary

#CC8674

accent

#623FE9

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #279EBD

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

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