#278986#278986

#278986 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.088 H 192.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#278986
RGB	rgb(39, 137, 134)
HSL	hsl(178, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(178, 72%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.5%, 0%, 2.2%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.88, -28.02, -6.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.88, 28.77, 193.10°)
OKLab	oklab(57.48% -0.0856 -0.0182)
OKLCH	oklch(57.48% 0.088 192)
XYZ	xyz(14.0835, 20.0422, 25.6759)
Luminance	0.2004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#278986 #89272A

analogous

#278955 #278986 #275B89

triadic

#278986 #862789 #898627

tetradic

#278986 #552789 #89272A #5B8927

square

#278986 #552789 #89272A #5B8927

split-complementary

#278986 #89275B #895527

monochromatic

#0C2A29 #195957 #278986 #35B9B5 #5AD0CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#278986 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.01

#278986 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #278986

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##278986	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##278986	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)

#808286

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#727787

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #278986;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 137, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.088 192.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71aca9',
    500: '#278986',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #278986;
$custom-light: #71aca9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#278986",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.163,
    "s": 55.682,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57479,
    "c": 0.08752,
    "h": 192
  },
  "luminance": 0.20044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#278986

secondary

#B5575A

accent

#494DDF

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #278986

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

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