#278959#278959

#278959 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.117 H 157.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#278959
RGB	rgb(39, 137, 89)
HSL	hsl(151, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(151, 72%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.5%, 0%, 35%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.74, -39.76, 17.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.74, 43.57, 155.85°)
OKLab	oklab(56.16% -0.1078 0.0449)
OKLCH	oklch(56.16% 0.117 157.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.5844, 19.0426, 12.5143)
Luminance	0.1904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#278959 #892757

analogous

#278928 #278959 #278889

triadic

#278959 #592789 #895927

tetradic

#278959 #282789 #892757 #888927

square

#278959 #282789 #892757 #888927

split-complementary

#278959 #892788 #892827

monochromatic

#0C2A1B #19593A #278959 #35B978 #5AD096

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#278959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.81

#278959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #278959

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##278959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##278959	1.00	4.37	4.81	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#887E56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C755C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00887D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #278959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 137, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.117 157.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fac88',
    500: '#278959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #278959;
$custom-light: #6fac88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#278959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 150.612,
    "s": 55.682,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56161,
    "c": 0.11681,
    "h": 157.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#278959

secondary

#B55785

accent

#4992DF

background

#F7FAF8

surface

#EDF4EF

border

#C8CECA

text

#08100B

muted

#7B7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #278959

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

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