#27979E#27979E

#27979E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.096 H 201.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#27979E
RGB	rgb(39, 151, 158)
HSL	hsl(184, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(184, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 4.4%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.11, -27.60, -12.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.11, 30.31, 204.43°)
OKLab	oklab(61.97% -0.0892 -0.0348)
OKLCH	oklch(61.97% 0.096 201.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.0721, 25.0310, 36.2201)
Luminance	0.2503 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#27979E #9E2E27

analogous

#279E69 #27979E #275B9E

triadic

#27979E #9E2797 #979E27

tetradic

#27979E #69279E #9E2E27 #5B9E27

square

#27979E #69279E #9E2E27 #5B9E27

split-complementary

#27979E #9E275B #9E6927

monochromatic

#0F393C #1B686D #27979E #35C4CD #66D2D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#27979E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.01

#27979E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #27979E

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##27979E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##27979E	1.00	3.50	6.01	6.01
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B909F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A849F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #27979e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 151, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.096 201.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75b6ba',
    500: '#27979e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #27979e;
$custom-light: #75b6ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#27979e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.529,
    "s": 60.406,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61972,
    "c": 0.0958,
    "h": 201.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#27979E

secondary

#BF6762

accent

#4E44E4

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #27979E

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

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