#277E8E#277E8E

#277E8E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.083 H 212.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#277E8E
RGB	rgb(39, 126, 142)
HSL	hsl(189, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(189, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 11.3%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.64, -19.84, -16.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.64, 25.54, 219.03°)
OKLab	oklab(54.95% -0.0703 -0.0448)
OKLCH	oklch(54.95% 0.083 212.5)
XYZ	xyz(13.1780, 17.3045, 28.2315)
Luminance	0.1731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#277E8E #8E3727

analogous

#278E6A #277E8E #274B8E

triadic

#277E8E #8E277E #7E8E27

tetradic

#277E8E #6A278E #8E3727 #4B8E27

square

#277E8E #6A278E #8E3727 #4B8E27

split-complementary

#277E8E #8E274B #8E6A27

monochromatic

#0D292E #1A535E #277E8E #34A9BE #5DC0D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#277E8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#277E8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #277E8E

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##277E8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##277E8E	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)

#727A8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#636F8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008483

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #277e8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 126, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.083 212.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71a3af',
    500: '#277e8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #277e8e;
$custom-light: #71a3af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#277e8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.32,
    "s": 56.906,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54946,
    "c": 0.08331,
    "h": 212.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#277E8E

secondary

#B86859

accent

#5F48E0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#090F10

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #277E8E

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

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