#278B87#278B87

#278B87 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.089 H 191.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#278B87
RGB	rgb(39, 139, 135)
HSL	hsl(178, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(178, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.9%, 0%, 2.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.56, -28.71, -6.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.56, 29.35, 192.00°)
OKLab	oklab(58.04% -0.0873 -0.017)
OKLCH	oklch(58.04% 0.089 191)
XYZ	xyz(14.4405, 20.6442, 26.1406)
Luminance	0.2065 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#278B87 #8B272B

analogous

#278B55 #278B87 #275D8B

triadic

#278B87 #87278B #8B8727

tetradic

#278B87 #55278B #8B272B #5D8B27

square

#278B87 #55278B #8B272B #5D8B27

split-complementary

#278B87 #8B275D #8B5527

monochromatic

#0C2B2A #1A5B59 #278B87 #34BBB5 #5BD1CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09

#278B87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.13

#278B87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #278B87

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##278B87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##278B87	1.00	4.09	5.13	5.13
#FFFFFF	4.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#838487

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747988

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #278b87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 139, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.089 191.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71ada9',
    500: '#278b87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #278b87;
$custom-light: #71ada9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#278b87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.6,
    "s": 56.18,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58036,
    "c": 0.08892,
    "h": 191
  },
  "luminance": 0.20646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#278B87

secondary

#B6585B

accent

#484EDF

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #278B87

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

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