#278B7F#278B7F

#278B7F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.091 H 183.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#278B7F
RGB	rgb(39, 139, 127)
HSL	hsl(173, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(173, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.9%, 0%, 8.6%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.32, -31.05, -1.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.32, 31.11, 183.34°)
OKLab	oklab(57.76% -0.0911 -0.0054)
OKLCH	oklch(57.76% 0.091 183.4)
XYZ	xyz(13.8983, 20.4273, 23.2849)
Luminance	0.2043 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#278B7F #8B2733

analogous

#278B4D #278B7F #27658B

triadic

#278B7F #7F278B #8B7F27

tetradic

#278B7F #4D278B #8B2733 #658B27

square

#278B7F #4D278B #8B2733 #658B27

split-complementary

#278B7F #8B2765 #8B4D27

monochromatic

#0C2B28 #1A5B53 #278B7F #34BBAB #5BD1C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#278B7F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.09

#278B7F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #278B7F

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##278B7F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##278B7F	1.00	4.13	5.09	5.09
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84837F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#767880

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #278b7f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 139, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.091 183.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71ada4',
    500: '#278b7f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #278b7f;
$custom-light: #71ada4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#278b7f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.8,
    "s": 56.18,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5776,
    "c": 0.09125,
    "h": 183.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#278B7F

secondary

#B65863

accent

#485ADF

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #278B7F

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

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