#278B7E#278B7E

#278B7E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.092 H 182.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#278B7E
RGB	rgb(39, 139, 126)
HSL	hsl(172, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(172, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.9%, 0%, 9.4%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.29, -31.34, -1.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.29, 31.36, 182.33°)
OKLab	oklab(57.73% -0.0916 -0.004)
OKLCH	oklch(57.73% 0.092 182.5)
XYZ	xyz(13.8334, 20.4013, 22.9434)
Luminance	0.2040 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#278B7E #8B2734

analogous

#278B4C #278B7E #27668B

triadic

#278B7E #7E278B #8B7E27

tetradic

#278B7E #4C278B #8B2734 #668B27

square

#278B7E #4C278B #8B2734 #668B27

split-complementary

#278B7E #8B2766 #8B4C27

monochromatic

#0C2B27 #1A5B53 #278B7E #34BBA9 #5BD1C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#278B7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.08

#278B7E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #278B7E

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##278B7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##278B7E	1.00	4.13	5.08	5.08
#FFFFFF	4.13	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)

#84837E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#76787F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #278b7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 139, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.092 182.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71ada3',
    500: '#278b7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #278b7e;
$custom-light: #71ada3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#278b7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.2,
    "s": 56.18,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57726,
    "c": 0.09166,
    "h": 182.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#278B7E

secondary

#B65864

accent

#485CDF

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F3

border

#C8CECD

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #278B7E

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

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