#279FCA#279FCA

#279FCA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.118 H 227.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#279FCA
RGB	rgb(39, 159, 202)
HSL	hsl(196, 68%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(196, 81%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.7%, 21.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.21, -17.25, -31.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.21, 35.58, 240.99°)
OKLab	oklab(65.82% -0.0793 -0.0875)
OKLCH	oklch(65.82% 0.118 227.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.8911, 29.4889, 60.2984)
Luminance	0.2949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#279FCA #CA5227

analogous

#27CAA3 #279FCA #274ECA

triadic

#279FCA #CA279F #9FCA27

tetradic

#279FCA #A327CA #CA5227 #4ECA27

square

#279FCA #A327CA #CA5227 #4ECA27

split-complementary

#279FCA #CA274E #CAA327

monochromatic

#134E63 #1D7797 #279FCA #51B8DD #84CDE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#279FCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.90

#279FCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #279FCA

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##279FCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##279FCA	1.00	3.04	6.90	6.90
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#889CCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#738DC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #279fca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 159, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.118 227.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cbbda',
    500: '#279fca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #279fca;
$custom-light: #7cbbda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#279fca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.828,
    "s": 67.635,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65824,
    "c": 0.11807,
    "h": 227.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#279FCA

secondary

#D0937C

accent

#6B3DEB

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#EFF6FA

border

#CAD0D3

text

#0B1114

muted

#7C8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #279FCA

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

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