#278990#278990

#278990 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.087 H 202.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#278990
RGB	rgb(39, 137, 144)
HSL	hsl(184, 57%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(184, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.9%, 4.9%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.21, -24.94, -11.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.21, 27.61, 205.40°)
OKLab	oklab(57.85% -0.081 -0.0329)
OKLCH	oklch(57.85% 0.087 202.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.8142, 20.3345, 29.5243)
Luminance	0.2034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#278990 #902E27

analogous

#279062 #278990 #275490

triadic

#278990 #902789 #899027

tetradic

#278990 #622790 #902E27 #549027

square

#278990 #622790 #902E27 #549027

split-complementary

#278990 #902754 #906227

monochromatic

#0D2D30 #1A5B60 #278990 #34B7C0 #5ECCD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#278990 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.07

#278990 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #278990

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##278990	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##278990	1.00	4.14	5.07	5.07
#FFFFFF	4.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E8391

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7890

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #278990;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 137, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.087 202.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72acb0',
    500: '#278990',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #278990;
$custom-light: #72acb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#278990",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184,
    "s": 57.377,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57854,
    "c": 0.08743,
    "h": 202.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#278990

secondary

#B9605A

accent

#5147E1

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #278990

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

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