#27BAB5#27BAB5

#27BAB5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.116 H 191.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#27BAB5
RGB	rgb(39, 186, 181)
HSL	hsl(178, 65%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(178, 79%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(79%, 0%, 2.7%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.67, -37.35, -8.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.67, 38.22, 192.27°)
OKLab	oklab(71.6% -0.1137 -0.0227)
OKLCH	oklch(71.6% 0.116 191.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.7321, 38.8820, 49.8032)
Luminance	0.3888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#27BAB5 #BA272C

analogous

#27BA6C #27BAB5 #2776BA

triadic

#27BAB5 #B527BA #BAB527

tetradic

#27BAB5 #6C27BA #BA272C #76BA27

square

#27BAB5 #6C27BA #BA272C #76BA27

split-complementary

#27BAB5 #BA2776 #BA6C27

monochromatic

#125553 #1C8784 #27BAB5 #46D8D3 #79E3DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#27BAB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#27BAB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #27BAB5

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##27BAB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##27BAB5	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB0B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA1B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #27bab5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 186, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.116 191.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dcfcb',
    500: '#27bab5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #27bab5;
$custom-light: #7dcfcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#27bab5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.959,
    "s": 65.333,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71601,
    "c": 0.11593,
    "h": 191.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#27BAB5

secondary

#CB7275

accent

#4045E8

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0B1413

muted

#7C8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #27BAB5

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

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