#278B70#278B70

#278B70 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.100 H 170.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#278B70
RGB	rgb(39, 139, 112)
HSL	hsl(164, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(164, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.9%, 0%, 19.4%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.91, -35.15, 6.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.91, 35.71, 169.86°)
OKLab	oklab(57.29% -0.0985 0.016)
OKLCH	oklch(57.29% 0.1 170.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.9924, 20.0649, 18.5143)
Luminance	0.2007 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#278B70 #8B2742

analogous

#278B3E #278B70 #27748B

triadic

#278B70 #70278B #8B7027

tetradic

#278B70 #3E278B #8B2742 #748B27

square

#278B70 #3E278B #8B2742 #748B27

split-complementary

#278B70 #8B2774 #8B3E27

monochromatic

#0C2B23 #1A5B49 #278B70 #34BB97 #5BD1B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#278B70 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.01

#278B70 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #278B70

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##278B70	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##278B70	1.00	4.19	5.01	5.01
#FFFFFF	4.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87826F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#797872

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #278b70;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 139, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.100 170.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70ad99',
    500: '#278b70',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #278b70;
$custom-light: #70ad99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#278b70",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.8,
    "s": 56.18,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57293,
    "c": 0.09976,
    "h": 170.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#278B70

secondary

#B65871

accent

#4871DF

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#08100D

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #278B70

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

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