#278A71#278A71

#278A71 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.098 H 172.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#278A71
RGB	rgb(39, 138, 113)
HSL	hsl(165, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(165, 72%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 0%, 18.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.61, -34.44, 5.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.61, 34.84, 171.29°)
OKLab	oklab(57.06% -0.0969 0.0134)
OKLCH	oklch(57.06% 0.098 172.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.9043, 19.7991, 18.7611)
Luminance	0.1980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#278A71 #8A2740

analogous

#278A3F #278A71 #27728A

triadic

#278A71 #71278A #8A7127

tetradic

#278A71 #3F278A #8A2740 #728A27

square

#278A71 #3F278A #8A2740 #728A27

split-complementary

#278A71 #8A2772 #8A3F27

monochromatic

#0C2B23 #1A5A4A #278A71 #34BA98 #5BD1B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#278A71 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.96

#278A71 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #278A71

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##278A71	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##278A71	1.00	4.23	4.96	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#868170

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#787773

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #278a71;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 138, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.098 172.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70ad99',
    500: '#278a71',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #278a71;
$custom-light: #70ad99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#278a71",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.848,
    "s": 55.932,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57055,
    "c": 0.09781,
    "h": 172.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#278A71

secondary

#B6576F

accent

#496FDF

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#08100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #278A71

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

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