#278B77#278B77

#278B77 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.095 H 176.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#278B77
RGB	rgb(39, 139, 119)
HSL	hsl(168, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(168, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.9%, 0%, 14.4%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.09, -33.29, 2.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.09, 33.38, 175.71°)
OKLab	oklab(57.5% -0.095 0.0061)
OKLCH	oklch(57.5% 0.095 176.3)
XYZ	xyz(13.3974, 20.2269, 20.6473)
Luminance	0.2023 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#278B77 #8B273B

analogous

#278B45 #278B77 #276D8B

triadic

#278B77 #77278B #8B7727

tetradic

#278B77 #45278B #8B273B #6D8B27

square

#278B77 #45278B #8B273B #6D8B27

split-complementary

#278B77 #8B276D #8B4527

monochromatic

#0C2B25 #1A5B4E #278B77 #34BBA0 #5BD1BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#278B77 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.05

#278B77 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #278B77

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##278B77	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##278B77	1.00	4.16	5.05	5.05
#FFFFFF	4.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#868276

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#787879

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #278b77;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 139, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.095 176.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70ad9e',
    500: '#278b77',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #278b77;
$custom-light: #70ad9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#278b77",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168,
    "s": 56.18,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57503,
    "c": 0.09519,
    "h": 176.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#278B77

secondary

#B6586B

accent

#4867DF

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#08100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #278B77

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

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