#278C7E#278C7E

#278C7E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.093 H 181.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#278C7E
RGB	rgb(39, 140, 126)
HSL	hsl(172, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(172, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.1%, 0%, 10%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.61, -31.81, -0.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.61, 31.82, 181.44°)
OKLab	oklab(57.99% -0.0926 -0.0027)
OKLCH	oklch(57.99% 0.093 181.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.9789, 20.6922, 22.9919)
Luminance	0.2069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#278C7E #8C2735

analogous

#278C4B #278C7E #27688C

triadic

#278C7E #7E278C #8C7E27

tetradic

#278C7E #4B278C #8C2735 #688C27

square

#278C7E #4B278C #8C2735 #688C27

split-complementary

#278C7E #8C2768 #8C4B27

monochromatic

#0C2C28 #1A5C53 #278C7E #34BCA9 #5CD2C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09

#278C7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.14

#278C7E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #278C7E

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##278C7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##278C7E	1.00	4.09	5.14	5.14
#FFFFFF	4.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85847D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#77797F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #278c7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 140, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.093 181.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71aea3',
    500: '#278c7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #278c7e;
$custom-light: #71aea3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#278c7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.683,
    "s": 56.425,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5799,
    "c": 0.09268,
    "h": 181.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#278C7E

secondary

#B75865

accent

#485DE0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F3

border

#C8CECD

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #278C7E

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

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