#27959C#27959C

#27959C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.095 H 201.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#27959C
RGB	rgb(39, 149, 156)
HSL	hsl(184, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(184, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(75%, 4.5%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.41, -27.22, -12.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.41, 29.93, 204.55°)
OKLab	oklab(61.39% -0.0881 -0.0345)
OKLCH	oklch(61.39% 0.095 201.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.5822, 24.3244, 35.2145)
Luminance	0.2433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#27959C #9C2E27

analogous

#279C68 #27959C #275A9C

triadic

#27959C #9C2795 #959C27

tetradic

#27959C #68279C #9C2E27 #5A9C27

square

#27959C #68279C #9C2E27 #5A9C27

split-complementary

#27959C #9C275A #9C6827

monochromatic

#0F373A #1B666B #27959C #34C3CC #65D2D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#27959C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#27959C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #27959C

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##27959C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##27959C	1.00	3.58	5.87	5.87
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#898E9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#79829C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009B97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #27959c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 149, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.095 201.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75b4b9',
    500: '#27959c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #27959c;
$custom-light: #75b4b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#27959c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.59,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61387,
    "c": 0.09463,
    "h": 201.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#27959C

secondary

#BE6661

accent

#4E45E3

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #27959C

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

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