#278A90#278A90

#278A90 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.088 H 201.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#278A90
RGB	rgb(39, 138, 144)
HSL	hsl(183, 57%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(183, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.9%, 4.2%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.53, -25.45, -11.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.53, 27.87, 204.06°)
OKLab	oklab(58.11% -0.0821 -0.0315)
OKLCH	oklch(58.11% 0.088 201)
XYZ	xyz(14.9570, 20.6201, 29.5720)
Luminance	0.2062 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#278A90 #902D27

analogous

#279061 #278A90 #275590

triadic

#278A90 #90278A #8A9027

tetradic

#278A90 #612790 #902D27 #559027

square

#278A90 #612790 #902D27 #559027

split-complementary

#278A90 #902755 #906127

monochromatic

#0D2E30 #1A5C60 #278A90 #34B8C0 #5ECDD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#278A90 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.12

#278A90 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #278A90

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##278A90	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##278A90	1.00	4.10	5.12	5.12
#FFFFFF	4.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F8491

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707990

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #278a90;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 138, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.088 201.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72acb0',
    500: '#278a90',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #278a90;
$custom-light: #72acb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#278a90",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.429,
    "s": 57.377,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58111,
    "c": 0.08792,
    "h": 201
  },
  "luminance": 0.20622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#278A90

secondary

#B9605A

accent

#5047E1

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #278A90

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

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