#277E72#277E72

#277E72 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.083 H 182.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#277E72
RGB	rgb(39, 126, 114)
HSL	hsl(172, 53%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(172, 69%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 0%, 9.5%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.71, -28.51, -0.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.71, 28.53, 181.93°)
OKLab	oklab(53.88% -0.0832 -0.0031)
OKLCH	oklch(53.88% 0.083 182.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.3334, 16.5667, 18.5167)
Luminance	0.1657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#277E72 #7E2733

analogous

#277E46 #277E72 #275F7E

triadic

#277E72 #72277E #7E7227

tetradic

#277E72 #46277E #7E2733 #5F7E27

square

#277E72 #46277E #7E2733 #5F7E27

split-complementary

#277E72 #7E275F #7E4627

monochromatic

#0A211D #194F48 #277E72 #35AD9C #55CABA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#277E72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#277E72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #277E72

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##277E72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##277E72	1.00	4.87	4.31	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#787772

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6D73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00807A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #277e72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 126, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.083 182.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ea49a',
    500: '#277e72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #277e72;
$custom-light: #6ea49a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#277e72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.724,
    "s": 52.727,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53882,
    "c": 0.0833,
    "h": 182.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#277E72

secondary

#AF525F

accent

#4C60DC

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#080F0E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #277E72

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

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