#277F88#277F88

#277F88 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.082 H 205.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#277F88
RGB	rgb(39, 127, 136)
HSL	hsl(186, 55%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(186, 71%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 6.6%, 0%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.74, -22.32, -12.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.74, 25.54, 209.05°)
OKLab	oklab(54.96% -0.074 -0.0344)
OKLCH	oklch(54.96% 0.082 205)
XYZ	xyz(12.8681, 17.3862, 25.9655)
Luminance	0.1739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#277F88 #883027

analogous

#278861 #277F88 #274F88

triadic

#277F88 #88277F #7F8827

tetradic

#277F88 #612788 #883027 #4F8827

square

#277F88 #612788 #883027 #4F8827

split-complementary

#277F88 #88274F #886127

monochromatic

#0C2629 #195358 #277F88 #35ABB8 #5AC5D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.69

#277F88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.48

#277F88 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #277F88

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##277F88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##277F88	1.00	4.69	4.48	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#747A89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#666F88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008482

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #277f88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 127, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.082 205.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70a4aa',
    500: '#277f88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #277f88;
$custom-light: #70a4aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#277f88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 127,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.567,
    "s": 55.429,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54956,
    "c": 0.08159,
    "h": 205
  },
  "luminance": 0.17388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#277F88

secondary

#B55F56

accent

#5749DF

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#080F10

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #277F88

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

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