#278C77#278C77

#278C77 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.096 H 175.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#278C77
RGB	rgb(39, 140, 119)
HSL	hsl(168, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(168, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.1%, 0%, 15%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.42, -33.75, 2.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.42, 33.88, 174.97°)
OKLab	oklab(57.77% -0.0961 0.0074)
OKLCH	oklch(57.77% 0.096 175.6)
XYZ	xyz(13.5429, 20.5178, 20.6958)
Luminance	0.2052 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#278C77 #8C273C

analogous

#278C45 #278C77 #276E8C

triadic

#278C77 #77278C #8C7727

tetradic

#278C77 #45278C #8C273C #6E8C27

square

#278C77 #45278C #8C273C #6E8C27

split-complementary

#278C77 #8C276E #8C4527

monochromatic

#0C2C26 #1A5C4E #278C77 #34BCA0 #5CD2B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#278C77 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#278C77 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #278C77

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##278C77	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##278C77	1.00	4.11	5.10	5.10
#FFFFFF	4.11	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)

#878376

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#797979

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #278c77;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 140, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.096 175.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70ae9e',
    500: '#278c77',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #278c77;
$custom-light: #70ae9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#278c77",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.525,
    "s": 56.425,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57768,
    "c": 0.09635,
    "h": 175.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#278C77

secondary

#B7586C

accent

#4868E0

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#09100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #278C77

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

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