#278987#278987

#278987 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.087 H 193.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#278987
RGB	rgb(39, 137, 135)
HSL	hsl(179, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(179, 72%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.5%, 0%, 1.5%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.92, -27.72, -7.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.92, 28.61, 194.27°)
OKLab	oklab(57.52% -0.0851 -0.0196)
OKLCH	oklch(57.52% 0.087 193)
XYZ	xyz(14.1535, 20.0703, 26.0450)
Luminance	0.2007 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#278987 #892729

analogous

#278956 #278987 #275A89

triadic

#278987 #872789 #898727

tetradic

#278987 #562789 #892729 #5A8927

square

#278987 #562789 #892729 #5A8927

split-complementary

#278987 #89275A #895627

monochromatic

#0C2A29 #195958 #278987 #35B9B6 #5AD0CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#278987 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.01

#278987 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #278987

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##278987	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##278987	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)

#808287

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#727788

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #278987;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 137, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.087 193.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71aca9',
    500: '#278987',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #278987;
$custom-light: #71aca9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#278987",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.776,
    "s": 55.682,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57515,
    "c": 0.08739,
    "h": 193
  },
  "luminance": 0.20072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#278987

secondary

#B55759

accent

#494CDF

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #278987

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

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