#278B9A#278B9A

#278B9A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.091 H 209.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#278B9A
RGB	rgb(39, 139, 154)
HSL	hsl(188, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(188, 75%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.7%, 9.7%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.20, -22.77, -16.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.20, 27.91, 215.34°)
OKLab	oklab(58.77% -0.0787 -0.0449)
OKLCH	oklch(58.77% 0.091 209.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.8995, 21.2278, 33.8250)
Luminance	0.2123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#278B9A #9A3627

analogous

#279A6F #278B9A #27519A

triadic

#278B9A #9A278B #8B9A27

tetradic

#278B9A #6F279A #9A3627 #519A27

square

#278B9A #6F279A #9A3627 #519A27

split-complementary

#278B9A #9A2751 #9A6F27

monochromatic

#0E3338 #1B5F69 #278B9A #33B7CB #64C9D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#278B9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#278B9A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #278B9A

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##278B9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##278B9A	1.00	4.00	5.25	5.25
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E869B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7A9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009290

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #278b9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 139, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.091 209.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74adb7',
    500: '#278b9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #278b9a;
$custom-light: #74adb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#278b9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.826,
    "s": 59.585,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58766,
    "c": 0.09063,
    "h": 209.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#278B9A

secondary

#BD6C5F

accent

#5A45E3

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #278B9A

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

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