#27959E#27959E

#27959E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.095 H 203.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#27959E
RGB	rgb(39, 149, 158)
HSL	hsl(185, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(185, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 5.7%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.48, -26.60, -13.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.48, 29.82, 206.87°)
OKLab	oklab(61.46% -0.0872 -0.0374)
OKLCH	oklch(61.46% 0.095 203.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.7530, 24.3927, 36.1137)
Luminance	0.2440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#27959E #9E3027

analogous

#279E6B #27959E #27599E

triadic

#27959E #9E2795 #959E27

tetradic

#27959E #6B279E #9E3027 #599E27

square

#27959E #6B279E #9E3027 #599E27

split-complementary

#27959E #9E2759 #9E6B27

monochromatic

#0F383C #1B676D #27959E #35C2CD #66D1D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#27959E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#27959E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #27959E

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##27959E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##27959E	1.00	3.57	5.88	5.88
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#898E9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#78829E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009B98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #27959e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 149, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.095 203.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75b4ba',
    500: '#27959e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #27959e;
$custom-light: #75b4ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#27959e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.538,
    "s": 60.406,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61464,
    "c": 0.09492,
    "h": 203.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#27959E

secondary

#BF6962

accent

#5044E4

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #27959E

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

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