#278898#278898

#278898 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.089 H 211.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#278898
RGB	rgb(39, 136, 152)
HSL	hsl(188, 59%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(188, 74%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.3%, 10.5%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.18, -21.85, -16.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.18, 27.40, 217.11°)
OKLab	oklab(57.92% -0.0765 -0.046)
OKLCH	oklch(57.92% 0.089 211)
XYZ	xyz(15.3059, 20.3048, 32.8122)
Luminance	0.2031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#278898 #983727

analogous

#279870 #278898 #274F98

triadic

#278898 #982788 #889827

tetradic

#278898 #702798 #983727 #4F9827

square

#278898 #702798 #983727 #4F9827

split-complementary

#278898 #98274F #987027

monochromatic

#0E3137 #1B5C67 #278898 #33B4C9 #63C6D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#278898 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#278898 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #278898

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##278898	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##278898	1.00	4.15	5.06	5.06
#FFFFFF	4.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B8399

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7798

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #278898;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 136, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.089 211.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73abb6',
    500: '#278898',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #278898;
$custom-light: #73abb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#278898",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.496,
    "s": 59.162,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57921,
    "c": 0.08925,
    "h": 211
  },
  "luminance": 0.20307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#278898

secondary

#BC6C5E

accent

#5C45E2

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #278898

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

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