#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
RGB	rgb(39, 153, 155)
HSL	hsl(181, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(181, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.8%, 1.3%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.63, -29.51, -10.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.63, 31.16, 198.77°)
OKLab	oklab(62.37% -0.0926 -0.0279)
OKLCH	oklch(62.37% 0.097 196.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.1416, 25.5782, 34.9849)
Luminance	0.2558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##27999B	1.00	3.43	6.12	6.12
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

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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