#279ECA#279ECA

#279ECA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.118 H 228.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279ECA
RGB	rgb(39, 158, 202)
HSL	hsl(196, 68%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(196, 81%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.7%, 21.8%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.91, -16.72, -31.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.91, 35.73, 242.11°)
OKLab	oklab(65.58% -0.0783 -0.0888)
OKLCH	oklch(65.58% 0.118 228.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.7198, 29.1464, 60.2413)
Luminance	0.2915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279ECA #CA5327

analogous

#27CAA4 #279ECA #274DCA

triadic

#279ECA #CA279E #9ECA27

tetradic

#279ECA #A427CA #CA5327 #4DCA27

square

#279ECA #A427CA #CA5327 #4DCA27

split-complementary

#279ECA #CA274D #CAA427

monochromatic

#134E63 #1D7697 #279ECA #51B7DD #84CDE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#279ECA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.83

#279ECA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279ECA

6.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279ECA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279ECA	1.00	3.07	6.83	6.83
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#879BCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#728CC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279eca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 158, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.118 228.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cbada',
    500: '#279eca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279eca;
$custom-light: #7cbada;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279eca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.196,
    "s": 67.635,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65584,
    "c": 0.11845,
    "h": 228.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279ECA

secondary

#D0937C

accent

#6C3DEB

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#EFF6FA

border

#CAD0D3

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #279ECA

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

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