#278B72#278B72

#278B72 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.098 H 172.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#278B72
RGB	rgb(39, 139, 114)
HSL	hsl(165, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(165, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.9%, 0%, 18%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.96, -34.63, 5.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.96, 35.02, 171.46°)
OKLab	oklab(57.35% -0.0975 0.0132)
OKLCH	oklch(57.35% 0.098 172.3)
XYZ	xyz(13.1050, 20.1100, 19.1073)
Luminance	0.2011 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#278B72 #8B2740

analogous

#278B40 #278B72 #27728B

triadic

#278B72 #72278B #8B7227

tetradic

#278B72 #40278B #8B2740 #728B27

square

#278B72 #40278B #8B2740 #728B27

split-complementary

#278B72 #8B2772 #8B4027

monochromatic

#0C2B24 #1A5B4B #278B72 #34BB99 #5BD1B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#278B72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.02

#278B72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #278B72

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##278B72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##278B72	1.00	4.18	5.02	5.02
#FFFFFF	4.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#878271

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#797874

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #278b72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 139, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.098 172.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70ad9a',
    500: '#278b72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #278b72;
$custom-light: #70ad9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#278b72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165,
    "s": 56.18,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57352,
    "c": 0.09836,
    "h": 172.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#278B72

secondary

#B6586F

accent

#486EDF

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#08100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #278B72

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

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