#279FBB#279FBB

#279FBB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.108 H 217.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279FBB
RGB	rgb(39, 159, 187)
HSL	hsl(191, 65%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(191, 79%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.1%, 15%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.62, -22.32, -23.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.62, 32.50, 226.63°)
OKLab	oklab(65.15% -0.085 -0.0661)
OKLCH	oklch(65.15% 0.108 217.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.2007, 28.8127, 51.3954)
Luminance	0.2882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279FBB #BB4327

analogous

#27BB8D #279FBB #2755BB

triadic

#279FBB #BB279F #9FBB27

tetradic

#279FBB #8D27BB #BB4327 #55BB27

square

#279FBB #8D27BB #BB4327 #55BB27

split-complementary

#279FBB #BB2755 #BB8D27

monochromatic

#124956 #1C7488 #279FBB #47BDD9 #79CFE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#279FBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.76

#279FBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279FBB

6.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279FBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279FBB	1.00	3.11	6.76	6.76
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D9ABD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#798CBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279fbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 159, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.108 217.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7abbcf',
    500: '#279fbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279fbb;
$custom-light: #7abbcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279fbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.351,
    "s": 65.487,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6515,
    "c": 0.10764,
    "h": 217.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279FBB

secondary

#CB8473

accent

#5F3FE8

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #279FBB

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

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