#27afaf

Color #27afaf

A moderately saturated medium cyan.

Closest named color Light Sea Green #20b2aa · ΔE 5.2 Nearest Tailwind class teal-500 #00bba7 · ΔE 7.8

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Conversions

HEX

#27afaf

RGB

rgb(39, 175, 175)

HSL

hsl(180, 63.6%, 42%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(180, 77.7%, 68.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(77.7%, 0%, 0%, 31.4%)

LAB

lab(65.11, -34.01, -10.11)

LCH

lch(65.11, 35.48, 196.56)

OKLCH

oklch(68.7%, 0.1094, 194.89)

HWB

hwb(180, 15.3%, 31.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#af2727

Analogous

#27af6b

#27afaf

#276baf

Triadic

#27afaf

#af27af

#afaf27

Split-complementary

#27afaf

#af276b

#af6b27

Tetradic

#27afaf

#2727af

#af2727

#afaf27

Square

#27afaf

#6b27af

#af2727

#6baf27

Shades

Color #27afaf mixed toward black.

#209292

#1a7575

#135858

#0d3a3a

#061d1d

Tints

Color #27afaf mixed toward white.

#35d2d2

#5edbdb

#86e4e4

#aeeded

#d7f6f6

Tones

Color #27afaf mixed toward gray.

#32a4a4

#3e9999

#498d8d

#548282

#607676

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.68:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.84:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.84:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7b7caf · ΔE 31.1

Deuteranopia

#746aaf · ΔE 36.2

Tritanopia

#39afaf · ΔE 0.9

Achromatopsia

#9e9e9e · ΔE 22.9

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #27afaf;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#27afaf]

Related colors

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Light Cyan #e0ffff

Pale Turquoise #afeeee

Frequently asked questions

#27afaf (#27afaf) is rgb(39, 175, 175) in RGB.

No, #27afaf is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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