#278B5D#278B5D

#278B5D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.116 H 158.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#278B5D
RGB	rgb(39, 139, 93)
HSL	hsl(152, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(152, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.9%, 0%, 33.1%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.48, -39.72, 16.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.48, 43.04, 157.36°)
OKLab	oklab(56.8% -0.108 0.0419)
OKLCH	oklch(56.8% 0.116 158.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.0439, 19.6855, 13.5188)
Luminance	0.1969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#278B5D #8B2755

analogous

#278B2B #278B5D #27878B

triadic

#278B5D #5D278B #8B5D27

tetradic

#278B5D #2B278B #8B2755 #878B27

square

#278B5D #2B278B #8B2755 #878B27

split-complementary

#278B5D #8B2787 #8B2B27

monochromatic

#0C2B1D #1A5B3D #278B5D #34BB7D #5BD19B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.25

#278B5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.94

#278B5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #278B5D

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##278B5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##278B5D	1.00	4.25	4.94	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A805A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7760

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008A7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #278b5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 139, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.116 158.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fae8b',
    500: '#278b5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #278b5d;
$custom-light: #6fae8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#278b5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.4,
    "s": 56.18,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56798,
    "c": 0.11582,
    "h": 158.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#278B5D

secondary

#B65883

accent

#488EDF

background

#F7FAF8

surface

#EDF4F0

border

#C8CECB

text

#08100C

muted

#7B7F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #278B5D

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

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