#27AE99#27AE99

#27AE99 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.115 H 179.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#27AE99
RGB	rgb(39, 174, 153)
HSL	hsl(171, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(171, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.6%, 0%, 12.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.16, -39.84, 0.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.16, 39.85, 178.93°)
OKLab	oklab(67.66% -0.1148 0.0013)
OKLCH	oklch(67.66% 0.115 179.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.7196, 33.0007, 35.3559)
Luminance	0.3300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#27AE99 #AE273C

analogous

#27AE56 #27AE99 #2780AE

triadic

#27AE99 #9927AE #AE9927

tetradic

#27AE99 #5627AE #AE273C #80AE27

square

#27AE99 #5627AE #AE273C #80AE27

split-complementary

#27AE99 #AE2780 #AE5627

monochromatic

#114A41 #1C7C6D #27AE99 #3ED4BD #70DFCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#27AE99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.60

#27AE99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #27AE99

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##27AE99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##27AE99	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)

#A6A398

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95969B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #27ae99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 174, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.115 179.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78c7b7',
    500: '#27ae99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #27ae99;
$custom-light: #78c7b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#27ae99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.667,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67665,
    "c": 0.1148,
    "h": 179.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#27AE99

secondary

#C66B79

accent

#415BE6

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F6

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0A1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #27AE99

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

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