#278A91#278A91

#278A91 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.088 H 202.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#278A91
RGB	rgb(39, 138, 145)
HSL	hsl(184, 58%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(184, 73%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.1%, 4.8%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.57, -25.14, -11.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.57, 27.81, 205.32°)
OKLab	oklab(58.15% -0.0816 -0.033)
OKLCH	oklch(58.15% 0.088 202)
XYZ	xyz(15.0338, 20.6509, 29.9763)
Luminance	0.2065 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#278A91 #912E27

analogous

#279163 #278A91 #275591

triadic

#278A91 #91278A #8A9127

tetradic

#278A91 #632791 #912E27 #559127

square

#278A91 #632791 #912E27 #559127

split-complementary

#278A91 #912755 #916327

monochromatic

#0D2E31 #1A5C61 #278A91 #34B8C1 #5FCCD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09

#278A91 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.13

#278A91 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #278A91

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##278A91	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##278A91	1.00	4.09	5.13	5.13
#FFFFFF	4.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F8492

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707991

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #278a91;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 138, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.088 202.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72acb1',
    500: '#278a91',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #278a91;
$custom-light: #72acb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#278a91",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.962,
    "s": 57.609,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5815,
    "c": 0.08805,
    "h": 202
  },
  "luminance": 0.20653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#278A91

secondary

#B9615B

accent

#5147E1

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F5

border

#C8CECF

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #278A91

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

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