#278B84#278B84

#278B84 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.090 H 188.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#278B84
RGB	rgb(39, 139, 132)
HSL	hsl(176, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(176, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.9%, 0%, 5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.47, -29.60, -4.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.47, 29.94, 188.64°)
OKLab	oklab(57.93% -0.0887 -0.0126)
OKLCH	oklch(57.93% 0.09 188.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.2322, 20.5609, 25.0439)
Luminance	0.2056 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#278B84 #8B272E

analogous

#278B52 #278B84 #27608B

triadic

#278B84 #84278B #8B8427

tetradic

#278B84 #52278B #8B272E #608B27

square

#278B84 #52278B #8B272E #608B27

split-complementary

#278B84 #8B2760 #8B5227

monochromatic

#0C2B29 #1A5B57 #278B84 #34BBB1 #5BD1C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#278B84 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11

#278B84 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #278B84

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##278B84	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##278B84	1.00	4.11	5.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#838384

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757985

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #278b84;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 139, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.090 188.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71ada7',
    500: '#278b84',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #278b84;
$custom-light: #71ada7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#278b84",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.8,
    "s": 56.18,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5793,
    "c": 0.08959,
    "h": 188.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#278B84

secondary

#B6585E

accent

#4853DF

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #278B84

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

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