#27999B#27999B

#27999B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.097 H 196.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#27999B
RGBrgb(39, 153, 155)
HSLhsl(181, 60%, 38%)
HSVhsv(181, 75%, 61%)
CMYKcmyk(74.8%, 1.3%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LABlab(57.63, -29.51, -10.03)
CIE-LCHlch(57.63, 31.16, 198.77°)
OKLaboklab(62.37% -0.0926 -0.0279)
OKLCHoklch(62.37% 0.097 196.7)
XYZxyz(18.1416, 25.5782, 34.9849)
Luminance0.2558 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#27999B #9B2927
analogous
#279B63 #27999B #275F9B
triadic
#27999B #9B2799 #999B27
tetradic
#27999B #63279B #9B2927 #5F9B27
square
#27999B #63279B #9B2927 #5F9B27
split-complementary
#27999B #9B275F #9B6327
monochromatic
#0E3839 #1B696A #27999B #33C9CC #64D6D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43
#27999B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12
#27999B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #27999B
6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##27999B#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##27999B1.003.436.126.12
#FFFFFF3.431.0021.0021.00
#0000006.1221.001.001.00
##0000006.1221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#8E929B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7E859C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#009E99
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #27999b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 153, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.097 196.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75b7b8',
    500: '#27999b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #27999b;
$custom-light: #75b7b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#27999b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.034,
    "s": 59.794,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62368,
    "c": 0.09674,
    "h": 196.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#27999B
secondary
#BE6260
accent
#4845E3
background
#F7FBFB
surface
#EEF6F6
border
#C9D0D0
text
#0A1111
muted
#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #27999B

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

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#27999B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva