#27A8B4#27A8B4

#27A8B4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.106 H 204.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#27A8B4
RGB	rgb(39, 168, 180)
HSL	hsl(185, 64%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(185, 78%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.3%, 6.7%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.12, -29.12, -15.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.12, 33.17, 208.62°)
OKLab	oklab(67.09% -0.0966 -0.0442)
OKLCH	oklch(67.09% 0.106 204.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.0739, 31.7290, 48.0794)
Luminance	0.3173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#27A8B4 #B43327

analogous

#27B479 #27A8B4 #2762B4

triadic

#27A8B4 #B427A8 #A8B427

tetradic

#27A8B4 #7927B4 #B43327 #62B427

square

#27A8B4 #7927B4 #B43327 #62B427

split-complementary

#27A8B4 #B42762 #B47927

monochromatic

#114A4F #1C7982 #27A8B4 #42C9D6 #74D8E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#27A8B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.35

#27A8B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #27A8B4

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##27A8B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##27A8B4	1.00	2.86	7.35	7.35
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA1B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8793B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #27a8b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 168, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.106 204.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ac2ca',
    500: '#27a8b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #27a8b4;
$custom-light: #7ac2ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#27a8b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.106,
    "s": 64.384,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67087,
    "c": 0.10624,
    "h": 204.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#27A8B4

secondary

#C8766F

accent

#4F40E7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF7F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #27A8B4

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

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