#278B7A#278B7A

#278B7A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.094 H 178.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#278B7A
RGB	rgb(39, 139, 122)
HSL	hsl(170, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(170, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.9%, 0%, 12.2%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.17, -32.46, 0.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.17, 32.47, 178.45°)
OKLab	oklab(57.6% -0.0935 0.0018)
OKLCH	oklch(57.6% 0.094 178.9)
XYZ	xyz(13.5805, 20.3001, 21.6112)
Luminance	0.2030 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#278B7A #8B2738

analogous

#278B48 #278B7A #276A8B

triadic

#278B7A #7A278B #8B7A27

tetradic

#278B7A #48278B #8B2738 #6A8B27

square

#278B7A #48278B #8B2738 #6A8B27

split-complementary

#278B7A #8B276A #8B4827

monochromatic

#0C2B26 #1A5B50 #278B7A #34BBA4 #5BD1BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#278B7A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#278B7A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #278B7A

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##278B7A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##278B7A	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)

#858279

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#77787B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #278b7a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 139, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.094 178.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70ada0',
    500: '#278b7a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #278b7a;
$custom-light: #70ada0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#278b7a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.8,
    "s": 56.18,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57597,
    "c": 0.09354,
    "h": 178.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#278B7A

secondary

#B65868

accent

#4862DF

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#09100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #278B7A

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

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