#278B59#278B59

#278B59 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.120 H 156.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#278B59
RGB	rgb(39, 139, 89)
HSL	hsl(150, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(150, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.9%, 0%, 36%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.40, -40.59, 18.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.40, 44.70, 155.24°)
OKLab	oklab(56.71% -0.11 0.0471)
OKLCH	oklch(56.71% 0.12 156.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.8714, 19.6165, 12.6100)
Luminance	0.1962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#278B59 #8B2759

analogous

#278B27 #278B59 #278B8B

triadic

#278B59 #59278B #8B5927

tetradic

#278B59 #27278B #8B2759 #8B8B27

square

#278B59 #27278B #8B2759 #8B8B27

split-complementary

#278B59 #8B278B #8B2727

monochromatic

#0C2B1C #1A5B3A #278B59 #34BB78 #5BD196

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#278B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.92

#278B59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #278B59

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##278B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##278B59	1.00	4.27	4.92	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A8056

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E775C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008A7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #278b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 139, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.120 156.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fae88',
    500: '#278b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #278b59;
$custom-light: #6fae88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#278b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 150,
    "s": 56.18,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56707,
    "c": 0.11962,
    "h": 156.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#278B59

secondary

#B65887

accent

#4894DF

background

#F7FAF8

surface

#EDF4EF

border

#C8CECA

text

#08100B

muted

#7B7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #278B59

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

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