#277D8E#277D8E

#277D8E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.083 H 213.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#277D8E
RGB	rgb(39, 125, 142)
HSL	hsl(190, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(190, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 12%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.32, -19.30, -16.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.32, 25.44, 220.63°)
OKLab	oklab(54.69% -0.0692 -0.0461)
OKLCH	oklch(54.69% 0.083 213.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.0507, 17.0501, 28.1891)
Luminance	0.1705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#277D8E #8E3827

analogous

#278E6B #277D8E #27498E

triadic

#277D8E #8E277D #7D8E27

tetradic

#277D8E #6B278E #8E3827 #498E27

square

#277D8E #6B278E #8E3827 #498E27

split-complementary

#277D8E #8E2749 #8E6B27

monochromatic

#0D282E #1A535E #277D8E #34A7BE #5DBFD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.76

#277D8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.41

#277D8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #277D8E

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##277D8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##277D8E	1.00	4.76	4.41	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#70798F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#626E8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008482

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #277d8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 125, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.083 213.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71a3af',
    500: '#277d8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #277d8e;
$custom-light: #71a3af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#277d8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.903,
    "s": 56.906,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5469,
    "c": 0.08317,
    "h": 213.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#277D8E

secondary

#B86959

accent

#6148E0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF3F4

border

#C8CDCE

text

#090F10

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #277D8E

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

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