#278B7D#278B7D

#278B7D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.092 H 181.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#278B7D
RGB	rgb(39, 139, 125)
HSL	hsl(172, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(172, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.9%, 0%, 10.1%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.26, -31.62, -0.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.26, 31.63, 181.34°)
OKLab	oklab(57.69% -0.0921 -0.0025)
OKLCH	oklch(57.69% 0.092 181.6)
XYZ	xyz(13.7692, 20.3756, 22.6053)
Luminance	0.2038 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#278B7D #8B2735

analogous

#278B4B #278B7D #27678B

triadic

#278B7D #7D278B #8B7D27

tetradic

#278B7D #4B278B #8B2735 #678B27

square

#278B7D #4B278B #8B2735 #678B27

split-complementary

#278B7D #8B2767 #8B4B27

monochromatic

#0C2B27 #1A5B52 #278B7D #34BBA8 #5BD1C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#278B7D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.08

#278B7D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #278B7D

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##278B7D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##278B7D	1.00	4.14	5.08	5.08
#FFFFFF	4.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85837C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#77787E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #278b7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 139, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.092 181.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71ada2',
    500: '#278b7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #278b7d;
$custom-light: #71ada2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#278b7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.6,
    "s": 56.18,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57694,
    "c": 0.09208,
    "h": 181.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#278B7D

secondary

#B65865

accent

#485DDF

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #278B7D

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

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