#27A8D0#27A8D0

#27A8D0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.120 H 224.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#27A8D0
RGB	rgb(39, 168, 208)
HSL	hsl(194, 68%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(194, 81%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.3%, 19.2%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.15, -19.99, -29.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.15, 35.97, 236.24°)
OKLab	oklab(68.26% -0.0854 -0.084)
OKLCH	oklch(68.26% 0.12 224.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.2197, 32.9874, 64.6476)
Luminance	0.3299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#27A8D0 #D04F27

analogous

#27D0A3 #27A8D0 #2753D0

triadic

#27A8D0 #D027A8 #A8D027

tetradic

#27A8D0 #A327D0 #D04F27 #53D027

square

#27A8D0 #A327D0 #D04F27 #53D027

split-complementary

#27A8D0 #D02753 #D0A327

monochromatic

#145569 #1D7E9C #27A8D0 #55BEDF #89D2E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#27A8D0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.60

#27A8D0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #27A8D0

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##27A8D0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##27A8D0	1.00	2.76	7.60	7.60
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A4D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C95D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #27a8d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 168, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.120 224.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ec2de',
    500: '#27a8d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #27a8d0;
$custom-light: #7ec2de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#27a8d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.201,
    "s": 68.421,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68261,
    "c": 0.11974,
    "h": 224.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#27A8D0

secondary

#D29480

accent

#663DEB

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0C1215

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #27A8D0

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

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