#277E80#277E80

#277E80 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.080 H 197.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#277E80
RGB	rgb(39, 126, 128)
HSL	hsl(181, 53%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(181, 70%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.5%, 1.6%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.15, -24.33, -8.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.15, 25.80, 199.43°)
OKLab	oklab(54.38% -0.0765 -0.0238)
OKLCH	oklch(54.38% 0.08 197.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.1921, 16.9102, 23.0393)
Luminance	0.1691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#277E80 #802927

analogous

#278055 #277E80 #275280

triadic

#277E80 #80277E #7E8027

tetradic

#277E80 #552780 #802927 #528027

square

#277E80 #552780 #802927 #528027

split-complementary

#277E80 #802752 #805527

monochromatic

#0A2222 #195051 #277E80 #35ACAF #56C9CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#277E80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#277E80 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #277E80

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##277E80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##277E80	1.00	4.79	4.38	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#757880

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#686E81

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00827E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #277e80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 126, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.080 197.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fa3a4',
    500: '#277e80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #277e80;
$custom-light: #6fa3a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#277e80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.348,
    "s": 53.293,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54382,
    "c": 0.08016,
    "h": 197.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#277E80

secondary

#B05553

accent

#4E4BDD

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#080F0F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #277E80

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

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