#278B63#278B63

#278B63 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.110 H 162.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#278B63
RGB	rgb(39, 139, 99)
HSL	hsl(156, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(156, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.9%, 0%, 28.8%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.61, -38.36, 13.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.61, 40.61, 160.84°)
OKLab	oklab(56.94% -0.105 0.0339)
OKLCH	oklch(56.94% 0.11 162.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.3202, 19.7960, 14.9737)
Luminance	0.1980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#278B63 #8B274F

analogous

#278B31 #278B63 #27818B

triadic

#278B63 #63278B #8B6327

tetradic

#278B63 #31278B #8B274F #818B27

square

#278B63 #31278B #8B274F #818B27

split-complementary

#278B63 #8B2781 #8B3127

monochromatic

#0C2B1F #1A5B41 #278B63 #34BB85 #5BD1A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#278B63 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.96

#278B63 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #278B63

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##278B63	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##278B63	1.00	4.23	4.96	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#898161

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7766

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #278b63;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 139, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.110 162.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fae8f',
    500: '#278b63',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #278b63;
$custom-light: #6fae8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#278b63",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156,
    "s": 56.18,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56943,
    "c": 0.11033,
    "h": 162.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#278B63

secondary

#B6587D

accent

#4885DF

background

#F7FAF8

surface

#EDF4F0

border

#C8CECB

text

#08100C

muted

#7B7F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #278B63

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

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