#279FC9#279FC9

#279FC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.117 H 227.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279FC9
RGB	rgb(39, 159, 201)
HSL	hsl(196, 68%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(196, 81%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.6%, 20.9%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.17, -17.60, -30.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.17, 35.32, 240.12°)
OKLab	oklab(65.78% -0.0796 -0.0861)
OKLCH	oklch(65.78% 0.117 227.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.7731, 29.4417, 59.6769)
Luminance	0.2944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279FC9 #C95127

analogous

#27C9A2 #279FC9 #274EC9

triadic

#279FC9 #C9279F #9FC927

tetradic

#279FC9 #A227C9 #C95127 #4EC927

square

#279FC9 #A227C9 #C95127 #4EC927

split-complementary

#279FC9 #C9274E #C9A227

monochromatic

#134E62 #1D7696 #279FC9 #50B9DD #83CDE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#279FC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.89

#279FC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279FC9

6.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279FC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279FC9	1.00	3.05	6.89	6.89
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#899CCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#738DC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279fc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 159, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.117 227.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cbbd9',
    500: '#279fc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279fc9;
$custom-light: #7cbbd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279fc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.556,
    "s": 67.5,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65778,
    "c": 0.11726,
    "h": 227.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279FC9

secondary

#D0927C

accent

#6A3DEA

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#EFF6FA

border

#CAD0D3

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #279FC9

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

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