#278A80#278A80

#278A80 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.090 H 185.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#278A80
RGB	rgb(39, 138, 128)
HSL	hsl(174, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(174, 72%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 0%, 7.2%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.02, -30.29, -2.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.02, 30.42, 185.33°)
OKLab	oklab(57.53% -0.0895 -0.0081)
OKLCH	oklch(57.53% 0.09 185.2)
XYZ	xyz(13.8196, 20.1652, 23.5818)
Luminance	0.2017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#278A80 #8A2731

analogous

#278A4E #278A80 #27638A

triadic

#278A80 #80278A #8A8027

tetradic

#278A80 #4E278A #8A2731 #638A27

square

#278A80 #4E278A #8A2731 #638A27

split-complementary

#278A80 #8A2763 #8A4E27

monochromatic

#0C2B27 #1A5A54 #278A80 #34BAAC #5BD1C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#278A80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.03

#278A80 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #278A80

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##278A80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##278A80	1.00	4.17	5.03	5.03
#FFFFFF	4.17	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)

#838280

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757881

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #278a80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 138, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.090 185.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71aca4',
    500: '#278a80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #278a80;
$custom-light: #71aca4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#278a80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.939,
    "s": 55.932,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5753,
    "c": 0.0899,
    "h": 185.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#278A80

secondary

#B65761

accent

#4958DF

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #278A80

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

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