#278B79#278B79

#278B79 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.094 H 178.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#278B79
RGB	rgb(39, 139, 121)
HSL	hsl(169, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(169, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.9%, 0%, 12.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.15, -32.74, 1.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.15, 32.77, 177.52°)
OKLab	oklab(57.57% -0.094 0.0033)
OKLCH	oklch(57.57% 0.094 178)
XYZ	xyz(13.5188, 20.2755, 21.2865)
Luminance	0.2028 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#278B79 #8B2739

analogous

#278B47 #278B79 #276B8B

triadic

#278B79 #79278B #8B7927

tetradic

#278B79 #47278B #8B2739 #6B8B27

square

#278B79 #47278B #8B2739 #6B8B27

split-complementary

#278B79 #8B276B #8B4727

monochromatic

#0C2B26 #1A5B4F #278B79 #34BBA3 #5BD1BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#278B79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#278B79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #278B79

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##278B79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##278B79	1.00	4.15	5.06	5.06
#FFFFFF	4.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#858278

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#77787A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #278b79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 139, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.094 178.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70ad9f',
    500: '#278b79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #278b79;
$custom-light: #70ad9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#278b79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.2,
    "s": 56.18,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57565,
    "c": 0.09407,
    "h": 178
  },
  "luminance": 0.20277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#278B79

secondary

#B65869

accent

#4864DF

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#09100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #278B79

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

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