#278C6E#278C6E

#278C6E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.103 H 168.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#278C6E
RGB	rgb(39, 140, 110)
HSL	hsl(162, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(162, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.1%, 0%, 21.4%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.19, -36.11, 7.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.19, 36.95, 167.76°)
OKLab	oklab(57.5% -0.1005 0.02)
OKLCH	oklch(57.5% 0.103 168.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.0278, 20.3118, 17.9828)
Luminance	0.2031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#278C6E #8C2745

analogous

#278C3B #278C6E #27788C

triadic

#278C6E #6E278C #8C6E27

tetradic

#278C6E #3B278C #8C2745 #788C27

square

#278C6E #3B278C #8C2745 #788C27

split-complementary

#278C6E #8C2778 #8C3B27

monochromatic

#0C2C23 #1A5C48 #278C6E #34BC94 #5CD2AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#278C6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#278C6E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #278C6E

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##278C6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##278C6E	1.00	4.15	5.06	5.06
#FFFFFF	4.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88826C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7870

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #278c6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 140, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.103 168.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70ae97',
    500: '#278c6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #278c6e;
$custom-light: #70ae97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#278c6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.178,
    "s": 56.425,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57504,
    "c": 0.10252,
    "h": 168.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#278C6E

secondary

#B75874

accent

#4875E0

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#08100D

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #278C6E

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

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