#278A7E#278A7E

#278A7E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.091 H 183.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#278A7E
RGB	rgb(39, 138, 126)
HSL	hsl(173, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(173, 72%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 0%, 8.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.96, -30.86, -1.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.96, 30.91, 183.24°)
OKLab	oklab(57.46% -0.0905 -0.0052)
OKLCH	oklch(57.46% 0.091 183.3)
XYZ	xyz(13.6893, 20.1131, 22.8954)
Luminance	0.2011 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#278A7E #8A2733

analogous

#278A4C #278A7E #27658A

triadic

#278A7E #7E278A #8A7E27

tetradic

#278A7E #4C278A #8A2733 #658A27

square

#278A7E #4C278A #8A2733 #658A27

split-complementary

#278A7E #8A2765 #8A4C27

monochromatic

#0C2B27 #1A5A52 #278A7E #34BAAA #5BD1C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#278A7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.02

#278A7E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #278A7E

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##278A7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##278A7E	1.00	4.18	5.02	5.02
#FFFFFF	4.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83827E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#75787F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #278a7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 138, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.091 183.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71aca3',
    500: '#278a7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #278a7e;
$custom-light: #71aca3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#278a7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.727,
    "s": 55.932,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57463,
    "c": 0.09065,
    "h": 183.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#278A7E

secondary

#B65763

accent

#495BDF

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F3

border

#C8CECD

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #278A7E

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

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