#278B94#278B94

#278B94 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.089 H 203.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#278B94
RGB	rgb(39, 139, 148)
HSL	hsl(185, 58%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(185, 74%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.6%, 6.1%, 0%, 42%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.99, -24.70, -13.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.99, 27.91, 207.76°)
OKLab	oklab(58.52% -0.0813 -0.0361)
OKLCH	oklch(58.52% 0.089 203.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.4123, 21.0329, 31.2587)
Luminance	0.2104 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#278B94 #943027

analogous

#279467 #278B94 #275594

triadic

#278B94 #94278B #8B9427

tetradic

#278B94 #672794 #943027 #559427

square

#278B94 #672794 #943027 #559427

split-complementary

#278B94 #942755 #946727

monochromatic

#0D3033 #1A5E64 #278B94 #34B8C4 #60CCD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#278B94 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.21

#278B94 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #278B94

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##278B94	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##278B94	1.00	4.03	5.21	5.21
#FFFFFF	4.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#808595

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707A94

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #278b94;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 139, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.089 203.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73adb3',
    500: '#278b94',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #278b94;
$custom-light: #73adb3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#278b94",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.954,
    "s": 58.289,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58524,
    "c": 0.08898,
    "h": 203.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#278B94

secondary

#BB645C

accent

#5346E2

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #278B94

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

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