#278B85#278B85

#278B85 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.089 H 189.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#278B85
RGB	rgb(39, 139, 133)
HSL	hsl(176, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(176, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.9%, 0%, 4.3%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.50, -29.30, -5.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.50, 29.73, 189.74°)
OKLab	oklab(57.97% -0.0882 -0.0141)
OKLCH	oklch(57.97% 0.089 189.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.3010, 20.5884, 25.4060)
Luminance	0.2059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#278B85 #8B272D

analogous

#278B53 #278B85 #275F8B

triadic

#278B85 #85278B #8B8527

tetradic

#278B85 #53278B #8B272D #5F8B27

square

#278B85 #53278B #8B272D #5F8B27

split-complementary

#278B85 #8B275F #8B5327

monochromatic

#0C2B2A #1A5B57 #278B85 #34BBB3 #5BD1CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#278B85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.12

#278B85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #278B85

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##278B85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##278B85	1.00	4.10	5.12	5.12
#FFFFFF	4.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#838385

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747986

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #278b85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 139, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.089 189.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71ada8',
    500: '#278b85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #278b85;
$custom-light: #71ada8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#278b85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.4,
    "s": 56.18,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57965,
    "c": 0.08934,
    "h": 189.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#278B85

secondary

#B6585D

accent

#4851DF

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #278B85

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

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