#279FBA#279FBA

#279FBA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.107 H 217.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279FBA
RGB	rgb(39, 159, 186)
HSL	hsl(191, 65%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(191, 79%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(79%, 14.5%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.58, -22.65, -23.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.58, 32.36, 225.60°)
OKLab	oklab(65.11% -0.0854 -0.0646)
OKLCH	oklch(65.11% 0.107 217.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.0940, 28.7700, 50.8336)
Luminance	0.2877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279FBA #BA4227

analogous

#27BA8B #279FBA #2756BA

triadic

#279FBA #BA279F #9FBA27

tetradic

#279FBA #8B27BA #BA4227 #56BA27

square

#279FBA #8B27BA #BA4227 #56BA27

split-complementary

#279FBA #BA2756 #BA8B27

monochromatic

#124955 #1C7487 #279FBA #46BDD8 #79CFE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#279FBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.75

#279FBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279FBA

6.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279FBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279FBA	1.00	3.11	6.75	6.75
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D9ABB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A8CBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279fba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 159, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.107 217.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7abbce',
    500: '#279fba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279fba;
$custom-light: #7abbce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279fba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.02,
    "s": 65.333,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65107,
    "c": 0.10707,
    "h": 217.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279FBA

secondary

#CB8272

accent

#5F40E8

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #279FBA

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

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