#278C7B#278C7B

#278C7B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.094 H 179.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#278C7B
RGB	rgb(39, 140, 123)
HSL	hsl(170, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(170, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.1%, 0%, 12.1%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.53, -32.65, 0.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.53, 32.66, 178.58°)
OKLab	oklab(57.89% -0.0941 0.0016)
OKLCH	oklch(57.89% 0.094 179)
XYZ	xyz(13.7882, 20.6160, 21.9877)
Luminance	0.2062 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#278C7B #8C2738

analogous

#278C48 #278C7B #276A8C

triadic

#278C7B #7B278C #8C7B27

tetradic

#278C7B #48278C #8C2738 #6A8C27

square

#278C7B #48278C #8C2738 #6A8C27

split-complementary

#278C7B #8C276A #8C4827

monochromatic

#0C2C27 #1A5C51 #278C7B #34BCA5 #5CD2BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#278C7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.12

#278C7B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #278C7B

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##278C7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##278C7B	1.00	4.10	5.12	5.12
#FFFFFF	4.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86837A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#78797C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #278c7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 140, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.094 179.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71aea1',
    500: '#278c7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #278c7b;
$custom-light: #71aea1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#278c7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.901,
    "s": 56.425,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57893,
    "c": 0.09411,
    "h": 179
  },
  "luminance": 0.20618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#278C7B

secondary

#B75868

accent

#4862E0

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#09100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #278C7B

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

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