#27A8BA#27A8BA

#27A8BA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.108 H 209.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#27A8BA
RGB	rgb(39, 168, 186)
HSL	hsl(187, 65%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(187, 79%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(79%, 9.7%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.33, -27.22, -18.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.33, 33.15, 214.81°)
OKLab	oklab(67.32% -0.0941 -0.0527)
OKLCH	oklch(67.32% 0.108 209.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.6984, 31.9788, 51.3684)
Luminance	0.3198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#27A8BA #BA3927

analogous

#27BA83 #27A8BA #275FBA

triadic

#27A8BA #BA27A8 #A8BA27

tetradic

#27A8BA #8327BA #BA3927 #5FBA27

square

#27A8BA #8327BA #BA3927 #5FBA27

split-complementary

#27A8BA #BA275F #BA8327

monochromatic

#124D55 #1C7A87 #27A8BA #46C6D8 #79D6E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#27A8BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.40

#27A8BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #27A8BA

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##27A8BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##27A8BA	1.00	2.84	7.40	7.40
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A2BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8493BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #27a8ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 168, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.108 209.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bc2ce',
    500: '#27a8ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #27a8ba;
$custom-light: #7bc2ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#27a8ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.347,
    "s": 65.333,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67323,
    "c": 0.10784,
    "h": 209.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#27A8BA

secondary

#CB7D72

accent

#5440E8

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF7F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #27A8BA

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

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