#277F8F#277F8F

#277F8F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.084 H 212.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#277F8F
RGB	rgb(39, 127, 143)
HSL	hsl(189, 57%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(189, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.7%, 11.2%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.00, -20.05, -16.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.00, 25.73, 218.82°)
OKLab	oklab(55.25% -0.0709 -0.0449)
OKLCH	oklch(55.25% 0.084 212.3)
XYZ	xyz(13.3819, 17.5917, 28.6715)
Luminance	0.1759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#277F8F #8F3727

analogous

#278F6B #277F8F #274B8F

triadic

#277F8F #8F277F #7F8F27

tetradic

#277F8F #6B278F #8F3727 #4B8F27

square

#277F8F #6B278F #8F3727 #4B8F27

split-complementary

#277F8F #8F274B #8F6B27

monochromatic

#0D2A2F #1A545F #277F8F #34AABF #5DC1D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.65

#277F8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.52

#277F8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #277F8F

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##277F8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##277F8F	1.00	4.65	4.52	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#737B90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#64708F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008684

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #277f8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 127, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.084 212.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71a4af',
    500: '#277f8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #277f8f;
$custom-light: #71a4af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#277f8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 127,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.231,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55245,
    "c": 0.08392,
    "h": 212.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#277F8F

secondary

#B8685A

accent

#5F47E0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#090F10

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #277F8F

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

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