#278B76#278B76

#278B76 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.096 H 175.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#278B76
RGB	rgb(39, 139, 118)
HSL	hsl(167, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(167, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.9%, 0%, 15.1%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.07, -33.56, 3.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.07, 33.70, 174.83°)
OKLab	oklab(57.47% -0.0955 0.0075)
OKLCH	oklch(57.47% 0.096 175.5)
XYZ	xyz(13.3377, 20.2030, 20.3327)
Luminance	0.2021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#278B76 #8B273C

analogous

#278B44 #278B76 #276E8B

triadic

#278B76 #76278B #8B7627

tetradic

#278B76 #44278B #8B273C #6E8B27

square

#278B76 #44278B #8B273C #6E8B27

split-complementary

#278B76 #8B276E #8B4427

monochromatic

#0C2B25 #1A5B4D #278B76 #34BB9F #5BD1B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#278B76 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.04

#278B76 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #278B76

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##278B76	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##278B76	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)

#868275

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#787878

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #278b76;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 139, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.096 175.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70ad9d',
    500: '#278b76',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #278b76;
$custom-light: #70ad9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#278b76",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.4,
    "s": 56.18,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57472,
    "c": 0.09578,
    "h": 175.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#278B76

secondary

#B6586C

accent

#4868DF

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#08100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #278B76

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

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