#27999D#27999D

#27999D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.097 H 198.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#27999D
RGB	rgb(39, 153, 157)
HSL	hsl(182, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(182, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.2%, 2.5%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.70, -28.89, -11.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.70, 30.94, 200.96°)
OKLab	oklab(62.44% -0.0917 -0.0307)
OKLCH	oklch(62.44% 0.097 198.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.3110, 25.6459, 35.8768)
Luminance	0.2565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#27999D #9D2B27

analogous

#279D66 #27999D #275E9D

triadic

#27999D #9D2799 #999D27

tetradic

#27999D #66279D #9D2B27 #5E9D27

square

#27999D #66279D #9D2B27 #5E9D27

split-complementary

#27999D #9D275E #9D6627

monochromatic

#0F393B #1B696C #27999D #35C8CD #66D5D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#27999D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#27999D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #27999D

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##27999D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##27999D	1.00	3.43	6.13	6.13
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E929D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D859E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #27999d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 153, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.097 198.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76b7b9',
    500: '#27999d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #27999d;
$custom-light: #76b7b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#27999d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.034,
    "s": 60.204,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62442,
    "c": 0.09676,
    "h": 198.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#27999D

secondary

#BF6461

accent

#4A44E3

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #27999D

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

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