#27959B#27959B

#27959B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.095 H 200.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#27959B
RGB	rgb(39, 149, 155)
HSL	hsl(183, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(183, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.8%, 3.9%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.38, -27.54, -11.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.38, 30.00, 203.40°)
OKLab	oklab(61.35% -0.0885 -0.0331)
OKLCH	oklch(61.35% 0.095 200.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.4979, 24.2907, 34.7704)
Luminance	0.2429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#27959B #9B2D27

analogous

#279B67 #27959B #275B9B

triadic

#27959B #9B2795 #959B27

tetradic

#27959B #67279B #9B2D27 #5B9B27

square

#27959B #67279B #9B2D27 #5B9B27

split-complementary

#27959B #9B275B #9B6727

monochromatic

#0E3739 #1B666A #27959B #33C4CC #64D2D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#27959B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#27959B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #27959B

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##27959B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##27959B	1.00	3.58	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A8E9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#79829C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009B97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #27959b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 149, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.095 200.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75b4b8',
    500: '#27959b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #27959b;
$custom-light: #75b4b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#27959b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.103,
    "s": 59.794,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61349,
    "c": 0.09453,
    "h": 200.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#27959B

secondary

#BE6560

accent

#4D45E3

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #27959B

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

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