#279EC9#279EC9

#279EC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.118 H 228.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279EC9
RGB	rgb(39, 158, 201)
HSL	hsl(196, 68%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(196, 81%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.6%, 21.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.87, -17.06, -31.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.87, 35.46, 241.24°)
OKLab	oklab(65.54% -0.0787 -0.0874)
OKLCH	oklch(65.54% 0.118 228)
XYZ	xyz(23.6018, 29.0992, 59.6198)
Luminance	0.2910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279EC9 #C95227

analogous

#27C9A3 #279EC9 #274DC9

triadic

#279EC9 #C9279E #9EC927

tetradic

#279EC9 #A327C9 #C95227 #4DC927

square

#279EC9 #A327C9 #C95227 #4DC927

split-complementary

#279EC9 #C9274D #C9A327

monochromatic

#134D62 #1D7696 #279EC9 #50B8DD #83CDE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#279EC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82

#279EC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279EC9

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279EC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279EC9	1.00	3.08	6.82	6.82
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#879BCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#728CC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279ec9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 158, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.118 228.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cbad9',
    500: '#279ec9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279ec9;
$custom-light: #7cbad9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279ec9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.926,
    "s": 67.5,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65537,
    "c": 0.11763,
    "h": 228
  },
  "luminance": 0.29102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279EC9

secondary

#D0927C

accent

#6B3DEA

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#EFF6FA

border

#CAD0D3

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #279EC9

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

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