#278977#278977

#278977 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.093 H 177.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#278977
RGB	rgb(39, 137, 119)
HSL	hsl(169, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(169, 72%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.5%, 0%, 13.1%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.44, -32.36, 1.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.44, 32.40, 177.25°)
OKLab	oklab(56.97% -0.0928 0.0036)
OKLCH	oklch(56.97% 0.093 177.8)
XYZ	xyz(13.1105, 19.6531, 20.5516)
Luminance	0.1966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#278977 #892739

analogous

#278946 #278977 #276A89

triadic

#278977 #772789 #897727

tetradic

#278977 #462789 #892739 #6A8927

square

#278977 #462789 #892739 #6A8927

split-complementary

#278977 #89276A #894627

monochromatic

#0C2A24 #19594E #278977 #35B9A0 #5AD0BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.26

#278977 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.93

#278977 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #278977

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##278977	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##278977	1.00	4.26	4.93	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#838076

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#767678

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #278977;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 137, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.093 177.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70ac9e',
    500: '#278977',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #278977;
$custom-light: #70ac9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#278977",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.98,
    "s": 55.682,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56972,
    "c": 0.0929,
    "h": 177.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#278977

secondary

#B55768

accent

#4964DF

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#08100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #278977

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

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