#278799#278799

#278799 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.090 H 213.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#278799
RGB	rgb(39, 135, 153)
HSL	hsl(189, 59%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(189, 75%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.5%, 11.8%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.90, -21.00, -17.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.90, 27.36, 219.87°)
OKLab	oklab(57.71% -0.075 -0.0489)
OKLCH	oklch(57.71% 0.09 213.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.2480, 20.0574, 33.1987)
Luminance	0.2006 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#278799 #993927

analogous

#279972 #278799 #274E99

triadic

#278799 #992787 #879927

tetradic

#278799 #722799 #993927 #4E9927

square

#278799 #722799 #993927 #4E9927

split-complementary

#278799 #99274E #997227

monochromatic

#0E3137 #1B5C68 #278799 #33B2CA #63C5D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#278799 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.01

#278799 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #278799

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##278799	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##278799	1.00	4.19	5.01	5.01
#FFFFFF	4.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#79829A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7799

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #278799;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 135, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.090 213.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73aab7',
    500: '#278799',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #278799;
$custom-light: #73aab7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#278799",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.474,
    "s": 59.375,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57709,
    "c": 0.08952,
    "h": 213.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#278799

secondary

#BD6E5F

accent

#5E45E3

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #278799

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

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