#278C76#278C76

#278C76 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.097 H 174.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#278C76
RGB	rgb(39, 140, 118)
HSL	hsl(167, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(167, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.1%, 0%, 15.7%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.39, -34.02, 3.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.39, 34.20, 174.11°)
OKLab	oklab(57.74% -0.0966 0.0088)
OKLCH	oklch(57.74% 0.097 174.8)
XYZ	xyz(13.4832, 20.4939, 20.3812)
Luminance	0.2050 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#278C76 #8C273D

analogous

#278C44 #278C76 #276F8C

triadic

#278C76 #76278C #8C7627

tetradic

#278C76 #44278C #8C273D #6F8C27

square

#278C76 #44278C #8C273D #6F8C27

split-complementary

#278C76 #8C276F #8C4427

monochromatic

#0C2C25 #1A5C4E #278C76 #34BC9E #5CD2B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#278C76 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#278C76 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #278C76

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##278C76	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##278C76	1.00	4.12	5.10	5.10
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#878375

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#797978

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #278c76;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 140, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.097 174.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70ae9d',
    500: '#278c76',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #278c76;
$custom-light: #70ae9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#278c76",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.931,
    "s": 56.425,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57737,
    "c": 0.09696,
    "h": 174.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#278C76

secondary

#B7586D

accent

#4869E0

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#09100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #278C76

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

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