#27A8B6#27A8B6

#27A8B6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.107 H 206.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#27A8B6
RGB	rgb(39, 168, 182)
HSL	hsl(186, 65%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(186, 79%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.6%, 7.7%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.19, -28.49, -16.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.19, 33.13, 210.68°)
OKLab	oklab(67.16% -0.0958 -0.047)
OKLCH	oklch(67.16% 0.107 206.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.2791, 31.8111, 49.1601)
Luminance	0.3181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#27A8B6 #B63527

analogous

#27B67C #27A8B6 #2760B6

triadic

#27A8B6 #B627A8 #A8B627

tetradic

#27A8B6 #7C27B6 #B63527 #60B627

square

#27A8B6 #7C27B6 #B63527 #60B627

split-complementary

#27A8B6 #B62760 #B67C27

monochromatic

#114B51 #1C7984 #27A8B6 #43C8D7 #76D7E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#27A8B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.36

#27A8B6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #27A8B6

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##27A8B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##27A8B6	1.00	2.85	7.36	7.36
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A1B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8693B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #27a8b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 168, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.107 206.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ac2cb',
    500: '#27a8b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #27a8b6;
$custom-light: #7ac2cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#27a8b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.874,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67165,
    "c": 0.10669,
    "h": 206.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#27A8B6

secondary

#C97870

accent

#5140E8

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF7F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0B1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #27A8B6

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

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