#278877#278877

#278877 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.092 H 178.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#278877
RGB	rgb(39, 136, 119)
HSL	hsl(169, 55%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(169, 71%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.3%, 0%, 12.5%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.12, -31.89, 1.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.12, 31.91, 178.06°)
OKLab	oklab(56.71% -0.0917 0.0024)
OKLCH	oklch(56.71% 0.092 178.5)
XYZ	xyz(12.9690, 19.3701, 20.5045)
Luminance	0.1937 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#278877 #882738

analogous

#278847 #278877 #276988

triadic

#278877 #772788 #887727

tetradic

#278877 #472788 #882738 #698827

square

#278877 #472788 #882738 #698827

split-complementary

#278877 #882769 #884727

monochromatic

#0C2924 #19584D #278877 #35B8A1 #5AD0BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.31

#278877 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.87

#278877 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #278877

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##278877	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##278877	1.00	4.31	4.87	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#828076

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757678

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008A83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #278877;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 136, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.092 178.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70ab9e',
    500: '#278877',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #278877;
$custom-light: #70ab9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#278877",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.485,
    "s": 55.429,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56707,
    "c": 0.09178,
    "h": 178.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#278877

secondary

#B55667

accent

#4963DF

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#08100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #278877

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

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