#27989B#27989B

#27989B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.096 H 197.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#27989B
RGB	rgb(39, 152, 155)
HSL	hsl(182, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(182, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.8%, 1.9%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.32, -29.02, -10.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.32, 30.86, 199.89°)
OKLab	oklab(62.11% -0.0916 -0.0292)
OKLCH	oklch(62.11% 0.096 197.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.9786, 25.2522, 34.9306)
Luminance	0.2525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#27989B #9B2A27

analogous

#279B64 #27989B #275E9B

triadic

#27989B #9B2798 #989B27

tetradic

#27989B #64279B #9B2A27 #5E9B27

square

#27989B #64279B #9B2A27 #5E9B27

split-complementary

#27989B #9B275E #9B6427

monochromatic

#0E3839 #1B686A #27989B #33C8CC #64D5D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#27989B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#27989B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #27989B

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##27989B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##27989B	1.00	3.47	6.05	6.05
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D919B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C849C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #27989b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 152, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.096 197.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75b7b8',
    500: '#27989b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #27989b;
$custom-light: #75b7b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#27989b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.552,
    "s": 59.794,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62113,
    "c": 0.09614,
    "h": 197.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#27989B

secondary

#BE6260

accent

#4945E3

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #27989B

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

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