#27898B#27898B

#27898B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.087 H 197.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#27898B
RGB	rgb(39, 137, 139)
HSL	hsl(181, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(181, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.9%, 1.4%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.05, -26.50, -9.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.05, 28.05, 199.12°)
OKLab	oklab(57.66% -0.0833 -0.0255)
OKLCH	oklch(57.66% 0.087 197)
XYZ	xyz(14.4405, 20.1850, 27.5561)
Luminance	0.2019 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#27898B #8B2927

analogous

#278B5B #27898B #27578B

triadic

#27898B #8B2789 #898B27

tetradic

#27898B #5B278B #8B2927 #578B27

square

#27898B #5B278B #8B2927 #578B27

split-complementary

#27898B #8B2757 #8B5B27

monochromatic

#0C2B2B #1A5A5B #27898B #34B8BB #5BCFD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#27898B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.04

#27898B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #27898B

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##27898B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##27898B	1.00	4.17	5.04	5.04
#FFFFFF	4.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F828B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#71788C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #27898b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 137, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.087 197.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72acac',
    500: '#27898b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #27898b;
$custom-light: #72acac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#27898b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.2,
    "s": 56.18,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57662,
    "c": 0.08711,
    "h": 197
  },
  "luminance": 0.20187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#27898B

secondary

#B65A58

accent

#4B48DF

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #27898B

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

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