#27A8BC#27A8BC

#27A8BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.109 H 210.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#27A8BC
RGB	rgb(39, 168, 188)
HSL	hsl(188, 66%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(188, 79%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.3%, 10.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.40, -26.58, -19.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.40, 33.23, 216.87°)
OKLab	oklab(67.4% -0.0932 -0.0556)
OKLCH	oklch(67.4% 0.109 210.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.9125, 32.0645, 52.4960)
Luminance	0.3207 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#27A8BC #BC3B27

analogous

#27BC86 #27A8BC #275DBC

triadic

#27A8BC #BC27A8 #A8BC27

tetradic

#27A8BC #8627BC #BC3B27 #5DBC27

square

#27A8BC #8627BC #BC3B27 #5DBC27

split-complementary

#27A8BC #BC275D #BC8627

monochromatic

#124D57 #1C7B89 #27A8BC #47C5D9 #7AD5E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#27A8BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.41

#27A8BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #27A8BC

7.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##27A8BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##27A8BC	1.00	2.83	7.41	7.41
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A2BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8493BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #27a8bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 168, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.109 210.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7bc2d0',
    500: '#27a8bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #27a8bc;
$custom-light: #7bc2d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#27a8bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.054,
    "s": 65.639,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67404,
    "c": 0.10854,
    "h": 210.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#27A8BC

secondary

#CB7F73

accent

#563FE9

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF7F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0B1214

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #27A8BC

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

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