#278B68#278B68

#278B68 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.106 H 165.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#278B68
RGB	rgb(39, 139, 104)
HSL	hsl(159, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(159, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.9%, 0%, 25.2%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.72, -37.17, 10.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.72, 38.65, 164.05°)
OKLab	oklab(57.07% -0.1025 0.0271)
OKLCH	oklch(57.07% 0.106 165.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.5666, 19.8946, 16.2718)
Luminance	0.1990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#278B68 #8B274A

analogous

#278B36 #278B68 #277C8B

triadic

#278B68 #68278B #8B6827

tetradic

#278B68 #36278B #8B274A #7C8B27

square

#278B68 #36278B #8B274A #7C8B27

split-complementary

#278B68 #8B277C #8B3627

monochromatic

#0C2B20 #1A5B44 #278B68 #34BB8C #5BD1A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.22

#278B68 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.98

#278B68 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #278B68

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##278B68	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##278B68	1.00	4.22	4.98	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#888166

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B776A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #278b68;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 139, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.106 165.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70ad93',
    500: '#278b68',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #278b68;
$custom-light: #70ad93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#278b68",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159,
    "s": 56.18,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57072,
    "c": 0.106,
    "h": 165.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#278B68

secondary

#B65879

accent

#487DDF

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F1

border

#C8CECB

text

#08100D

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #278B68

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

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