#278B6D#278B6D

#278B6D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.102 H 168.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#278B6D
RGB	rgb(39, 139, 109)
HSL	hsl(162, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(162, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.9%, 0%, 21.6%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.84, -35.92, 7.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.84, 36.78, 167.58°)
OKLab	oklab(57.21% -0.1 0.0202)
OKLCH	oklch(57.21% 0.102 168.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.8282, 19.9992, 17.6492)
Luminance	0.2000 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#278B6D #8B2745

analogous

#278B3B #278B6D #27778B

triadic

#278B6D #6D278B #8B6D27

tetradic

#278B6D #3B278B #8B2745 #778B27

square

#278B6D #3B278B #8B2745 #778B27

split-complementary

#278B6D #8B2777 #8B3B27

monochromatic

#0C2B22 #1A5B48 #278B6D #34BB92 #5BD1AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#278B6D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.00

#278B6D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #278B6D

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##278B6D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##278B6D	1.00	4.20	5.00	5.00
#FFFFFF	4.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87816B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A786F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #278b6d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 139, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.102 168.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70ad96',
    500: '#278b6d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #278b6d;
$custom-light: #70ad96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#278b6d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162,
    "s": 56.18,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57208,
    "c": 0.10198,
    "h": 168.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#278B6D

secondary

#B65874

accent

#4876DF

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#08100D

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #278B6D

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

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