#278B69#278B69

#278B69 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.105 H 165.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#278B69
RGB	rgb(39, 139, 105)
HSL	hsl(160, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(160, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.9%, 0%, 24.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.74, -36.92, 10.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.74, 38.27, 164.73°)
OKLab	oklab(57.1% -0.102 0.0258)
OKLCH	oklch(57.1% 0.105 165.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.6177, 19.9151, 16.5409)
Luminance	0.1992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#278B69 #8B2749

analogous

#278B37 #278B69 #277B8B

triadic

#278B69 #69278B #8B6927

tetradic

#278B69 #37278B #8B2749 #7B8B27

square

#278B69 #37278B #8B2749 #7B8B27

split-complementary

#278B69 #8B277B #8B3727

monochromatic

#0C2B21 #1A5B45 #278B69 #34BB8D #5BD1A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.21

#278B69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.98

#278B69 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #278B69

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##278B69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##278B69	1.00	4.21	4.98	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.21	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)

#888167

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B776B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #278b69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 139, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.105 165.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70ad94',
    500: '#278b69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #278b69;
$custom-light: #70ad94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#278b69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.6,
    "s": 56.18,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57098,
    "c": 0.10517,
    "h": 165.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#278B69

secondary

#B65878

accent

#487CDF

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F1

border

#C8CECB

text

#08100D

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #278B69

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

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