#27998B#27998B

#27998B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.100 H 182.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#27998B
RGB	rgb(39, 153, 139)
HSL	hsl(173, 59%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(173, 75%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.5%, 0%, 9.2%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.15, -34.22, -1.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.15, 34.26, 182.72°)
OKLab	oklab(61.81% -0.1001 -0.0049)
OKLCH	oklch(61.81% 0.1 182.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.8859, 25.0759, 28.3713)
Luminance	0.2508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#27998B #992735

analogous

#279952 #27998B #276E99

triadic

#27998B #8B2799 #998B27

tetradic

#27998B #522799 #992735 #6E9927

square

#27998B #522799 #992735 #6E9927

split-complementary

#27998B #99276E #995227

monochromatic

#0E3732 #1B685F #27998B #33CAB7 #63D7C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#27998B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.02

#27998B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #27998B

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##27998B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##27998B	1.00	3.49	6.02	6.02
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92908B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82848C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009C95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #27998b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 153, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.100 182.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b7ac',
    500: '#27998b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #27998b;
$custom-light: #74b7ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#27998b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.632,
    "s": 59.375,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61812,
    "c": 0.1002,
    "h": 182.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#27998B

secondary

#BD5F6A

accent

#4559E3

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091110

muted

#7B807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #27998B

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

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