#27A5BB#27A5BB

#27A5BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.108 H 212.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#27A5BB
RGB	rgb(39, 165, 187)
HSL	hsl(189, 65%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(189, 79%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.1%, 11.8%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.45, -25.39, -20.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.45, 32.84, 219.36°)
OKLab	oklab(66.63% -0.0908 -0.0581)
OKLCH	oklch(66.63% 0.108 212.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.2576, 30.9266, 51.7477)
Luminance	0.3093 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#27A5BB #BB3D27

analogous

#27BB87 #27A5BB #275BBB

triadic

#27A5BB #BB27A5 #A5BB27

tetradic

#27A5BB #8727BB #BB3D27 #5BBB27

square

#27A5BB #8727BB #BB3D27 #5BBB27

split-complementary

#27A5BB #BB275B #BB8727

monochromatic

#124C56 #1C7888 #27A5BB #47C3D9 #79D3E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#27A5BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.19

#27A5BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #27A5BB

7.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##27A5BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##27A5BB	1.00	2.92	7.19	7.19
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949FBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8191BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #27a5bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 165, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.108 212.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bc0cf',
    500: '#27a5bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #27a5bb;
$custom-light: #7bc0cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#27a5bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.919,
    "s": 65.487,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66625,
    "c": 0.10776,
    "h": 212.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#27A5BB

secondary

#CB8073

accent

#583FE8

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF7F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #27A5BB

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

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