#278A82#278A82

#278A82 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.089 H 187.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#278A82
RGB	rgb(39, 138, 130)
HSL	hsl(175, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(175, 72%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.7%, 0%, 5.8%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.08, -29.70, -3.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.08, 29.96, 187.48°)
OKLab	oklab(57.6% -0.0886 -0.011)
OKLCH	oklch(57.6% 0.089 187.1)
XYZ	xyz(13.9526, 20.2184, 24.2820)
Luminance	0.2022 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#278A82 #8A272F

analogous

#278A51 #278A82 #27608A

triadic

#278A82 #82278A #8A8227

tetradic

#278A82 #51278A #8A272F #608A27

square

#278A82 #51278A #8A272F #608A27

split-complementary

#278A82 #8A2760 #8A5127

monochromatic

#0C2B28 #1A5A55 #278A82 #34BAAF #5BD1C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#278A82 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.04

#278A82 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #278A82

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##278A82	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##278A82	1.00	4.16	5.04	5.04
#FFFFFF	4.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#828282

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747883

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #278a82;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 138, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.089 187.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71aca6',
    500: '#278a82',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #278a82;
$custom-light: #71aca6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#278a82",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.152,
    "s": 55.932,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57599,
    "c": 0.08926,
    "h": 187.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#278A82

secondary

#B6575F

accent

#4955DF

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #278A82

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

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