#278B98#278B98

#278B98 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.090 H 207.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#278B98
RGB	rgb(39, 139, 152)
HSL	hsl(187, 59%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(187, 74%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.3%, 8.6%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.13, -23.42, -15.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.13, 27.86, 212.81°)
OKLab	oklab(58.68% -0.0796 -0.042)
OKLCH	oklch(58.68% 0.09 207.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.7344, 21.1617, 32.9550)
Luminance	0.2116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#278B98 #983427

analogous

#27986D #278B98 #275298

triadic

#278B98 #98278B #8B9827

tetradic

#278B98 #6D2798 #983427 #529827

square

#278B98 #6D2798 #983427 #529827

split-complementary

#278B98 #982752 #986D27

monochromatic

#0E3237 #1B5E67 #278B98 #33B8C9 #63C9D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#278B98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#278B98 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #278B98

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##278B98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##278B98	1.00	4.01	5.23	5.23
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F8699

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7A98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #278b98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 139, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.090 207.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73adb6',
    500: '#278b98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #278b98;
$custom-light: #73adb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#278b98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.903,
    "s": 59.162,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58684,
    "c": 0.08997,
    "h": 207.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#278B98

secondary

#BC695E

accent

#5845E2

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #278B98

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

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