#278B75#278B75

#278B75 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.096 H 174.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#278B75
RGB	rgb(39, 139, 117)
HSL	hsl(167, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(167, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.9%, 0%, 15.8%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.04, -33.83, 3.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.04, 34.02, 173.96°)
OKLab	oklab(57.44% -0.096 0.009)
OKLCH	oklch(57.44% 0.096 174.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.2786, 20.1794, 20.0214)
Luminance	0.2018 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#278B75 #8B273D

analogous

#278B43 #278B75 #276F8B

triadic

#278B75 #75278B #8B7527

tetradic

#278B75 #43278B #8B273D #6F8B27

square

#278B75 #43278B #8B273D #6F8B27

split-complementary

#278B75 #8B276F #8B4327

monochromatic

#0C2B25 #1A5B4D #278B75 #34BB9D #5BD1B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#278B75 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.04

#278B75 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #278B75

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##278B75	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##278B75	1.00	4.17	5.04	5.04
#FFFFFF	4.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#868274

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#787877

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #278b75;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 139, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.096 174.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70ad9c',
    500: '#278b75',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #278b75;
$custom-light: #70ad9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#278b75",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.8,
    "s": 56.18,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57441,
    "c": 0.0964,
    "h": 174.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#278B75

secondary

#B6586C

accent

#486ADF

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#08100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #278B75

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

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