#277E8D#277E8D

#277E8D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.083 H 211.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#277E8D
RGB	rgb(39, 126, 141)
HSL	hsl(189, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(189, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 10.6%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.60, -20.17, -15.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.60, 25.47, 217.63°)
OKLab	oklab(54.9% -0.0707 -0.0433)
OKLCH	oklch(54.9% 0.083 211.5)
XYZ	xyz(13.1032, 17.2746, 27.8379)
Luminance	0.1728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#277E8D #8D3627

analogous

#278D69 #277E8D #274B8D

triadic

#277E8D #8D277E #7E8D27

tetradic

#277E8D #69278D #8D3627 #4B8D27

square

#277E8D #69278D #8D3627 #4B8D27

split-complementary

#277E8D #8D274B #8D6927

monochromatic

#0C282D #1A535D #277E8D #34A9BD #5CC1D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#277E8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#277E8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #277E8D

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##277E8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##277E8D	1.00	4.71	4.46	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#72798E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#646F8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008483

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #277e8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 126, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.083 211.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70a3ae',
    500: '#277e8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #277e8d;
$custom-light: #70a3ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#277e8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.824,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54904,
    "c": 0.08288,
    "h": 211.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#277E8D

secondary

#B76759

accent

#5E48E0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#090F10

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #277E8D

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

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