#278B60#278B60

#278B60 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.113 H 160.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#278B60
RGB	rgb(39, 139, 96)
HSL	hsl(154, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(154, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.9%, 0%, 30.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.54, -39.05, 14.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.54, 41.82, 159.05°)
OKLab	oklab(56.87% -0.1065 0.0379)
OKLCH	oklch(56.87% 0.113 160.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.1794, 19.7397, 14.2323)
Luminance	0.1974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#278B60 #8B2752

analogous

#278B2E #278B60 #27848B

triadic

#278B60 #60278B #8B6027

tetradic

#278B60 #2E278B #8B2752 #848B27

square

#278B60 #2E278B #8B2752 #848B27

split-complementary

#278B60 #8B2784 #8B2E27

monochromatic

#0C2B1E #1A5B3F #278B60 #34BB81 #5BD19E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#278B60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.95

#278B60 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #278B60

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##278B60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##278B60	1.00	4.24	4.95	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89805D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7763

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008A80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #278b60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 139, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.113 160.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fae8d',
    500: '#278b60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #278b60;
$custom-light: #6fae8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#278b60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.2,
    "s": 56.18,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56869,
    "c": 0.11304,
    "h": 160.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#278B60

secondary

#B65880

accent

#4889DF

background

#F7FAF8

surface

#EDF4F0

border

#C8CECB

text

#08100C

muted

#7B7F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #278B60

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

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