#278A69#278A69

#278A69 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.104 H 166.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#278A69
RGB	rgb(39, 138, 105)
HSL	hsl(160, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(160, 72%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 0%, 23.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.41, -36.48, 9.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.41, 37.73, 165.23°)
OKLab	oklab(56.83% -0.1009 0.0246)
OKLCH	oklch(56.83% 0.104 166.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.4736, 19.6268, 16.4928)
Luminance	0.1963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#278A69 #8A2748

analogous

#278A38 #278A69 #277A8A

triadic

#278A69 #69278A #8A6927

tetradic

#278A69 #38278A #8A2748 #7A8A27

square

#278A69 #38278A #8A2748 #7A8A27

split-complementary

#278A69 #8A277A #8A3827

monochromatic

#0C2B20 #1A5A45 #278A69 #34BA8D #5BD1A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.26

#278A69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.93

#278A69 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #278A69

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##278A69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##278A69	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)

#878067

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A776B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008A81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #278a69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 138, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.104 166.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fad94',
    500: '#278a69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #278a69;
$custom-light: #6fad94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#278a69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160,
    "s": 55.932,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56829,
    "c": 0.10384,
    "h": 166.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#278A69

secondary

#B65777

accent

#497BDF

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F1

border

#C8CECB

text

#08100D

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #278A69

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

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