#279FB7#279FB7

#279FB7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.106 H 214.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279FB7
RGB	rgb(39, 159, 183)
HSL	hsl(190, 65%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(190, 79%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.7%, 13.1%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.47, -23.63, -21.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.47, 32.02, 222.43°)
OKLab	oklab(64.98% -0.0866 -0.0603)
OKLCH	oklch(64.98% 0.106 214.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.7784, 28.6438, 49.1716)
Luminance	0.2865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279FB7 #B73F27

analogous

#27B787 #279FB7 #2757B7

triadic

#279FB7 #B7279F #9FB727

tetradic

#279FB7 #8727B7 #B73F27 #57B727

square

#279FB7 #8727B7 #B73F27 #57B727

split-complementary

#279FB7 #B72757 #B78727

monochromatic

#114752 #1C7385 #279FB7 #44BFD7 #76D0E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#279FB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.73

#279FB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279FB7

6.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279FB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279FB7	1.00	3.12	6.73	6.73
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E9AB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B8CB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279fb7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 159, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.106 214.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7abbcc',
    500: '#279fb7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279fb7;
$custom-light: #7abbcc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279fb7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190,
    "s": 64.865,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6498,
    "c": 0.10551,
    "h": 214.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279FB7

secondary

#C97F70

accent

#5C40E8

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #279FB7

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

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