#278C79#278C79

#278C79 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.095 H 177.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#278C79
RGB	rgb(39, 140, 121)
HSL	hsl(169, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(169, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.1%, 0%, 13.6%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.47, -33.21, 1.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.47, 33.26, 176.74°)
OKLab	oklab(57.83% -0.0951 0.0045)
OKLCH	oklch(57.83% 0.095 177.3)
XYZ	xyz(13.6643, 20.5664, 21.3350)
Luminance	0.2057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#278C79 #8C273A

analogous

#278C46 #278C79 #276C8C

triadic

#278C79 #79278C #8C7927

tetradic

#278C79 #46278C #8C273A #6C8C27

square

#278C79 #46278C #8C273A #6C8C27

split-complementary

#278C79 #8C276C #8C4627

monochromatic

#0C2C26 #1A5C50 #278C79 #34BCA2 #5CD2BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#278C79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11

#278C79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #278C79

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##278C79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##278C79	1.00	4.11	5.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#868378

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#79797A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #278c79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 140, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.095 177.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71ae9f',
    500: '#278c79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #278c79;
$custom-light: #71ae9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#278c79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.713,
    "s": 56.425,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5783,
    "c": 0.09519,
    "h": 177.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#278C79

secondary

#B7586A

accent

#4865E0

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#09100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #278C79

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

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