#278B95#278B95

#278B95 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.089 H 204.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#278B95
RGB	rgb(39, 139, 149)
HSL	hsl(185, 59%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(185, 74%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.8%, 6.7%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.02, -24.38, -13.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.02, 27.88, 209.02°)
OKLab	oklab(58.56% -0.0809 -0.0376)
OKLCH	oklch(58.56% 0.089 204.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.4918, 21.0647, 31.6774)
Luminance	0.2107 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#278B95 #953127

analogous

#279568 #278B95 #275495

triadic

#278B95 #95278B #8B9527

tetradic

#278B95 #682795 #953127 #549527

square

#278B95 #682795 #953127 #549527

split-complementary

#278B95 #952754 #956827

monochromatic

#0E3134 #1A5E64 #278B95 #34B8C6 #61CBD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#278B95 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.21

#278B95 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #278B95

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##278B95	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##278B95	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)

#7F8596

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707A95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #278b95;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 139, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.089 204.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73adb4',
    500: '#278b95',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #278b95;
$custom-light: #73adb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#278b95",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.455,
    "s": 58.511,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58564,
    "c": 0.08919,
    "h": 204.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#278B95

secondary

#BB655D

accent

#5446E2

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #278B95

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

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