#278A7F#278A7F

#278A7F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.090 H 184.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#278A7F
RGB	rgb(39, 138, 127)
HSL	hsl(173, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(173, 72%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 0%, 8%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.99, -30.57, -2.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.99, 30.66, 184.28°)
OKLab	oklab(57.5% -0.09 -0.0067)
OKLCH	oklch(57.5% 0.09 184.2)
XYZ	xyz(13.7541, 20.1390, 23.2369)
Luminance	0.2014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#278A7F #8A2732

analogous

#278A4D #278A7F #27648A

triadic

#278A7F #7F278A #8A7F27

tetradic

#278A7F #4D278A #8A2732 #648A27

square

#278A7F #4D278A #8A2732 #648A27

split-complementary

#278A7F #8A2764 #8A4D27

monochromatic

#0C2B27 #1A5A53 #278A7F #34BAAB #5BD1C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#278A7F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.03

#278A7F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #278A7F

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##278A7F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##278A7F	1.00	4.18	5.03	5.03
#FFFFFF	4.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83827F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757880

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #278a7f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 138, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.090 184.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71aca4',
    500: '#278a7f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #278a7f;
$custom-light: #71aca4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#278a7f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.333,
    "s": 55.932,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57497,
    "c": 0.09026,
    "h": 184.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#278A7F

secondary

#B65762

accent

#4959DF

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #278A7F

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

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