#278C85#278C85

#278C85 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.090 H 188.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#278C85
RGB	rgb(39, 140, 133)
HSL	hsl(176, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(176, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.1%, 0%, 5%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.82, -29.79, -4.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.82, 30.14, 188.69°)
OKLab	oklab(58.23% -0.0893 -0.0128)
OKLCH	oklch(58.23% 0.09 188.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.4464, 20.8793, 25.4545)
Luminance	0.2088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#278C85 #8C272E

analogous

#278C53 #278C85 #27608C

triadic

#278C85 #85278C #8C8527

tetradic

#278C85 #53278C #8C272E #608C27

square

#278C85 #53278C #8C272E #608C27

split-complementary

#278C85 #8C2760 #8C5327

monochromatic

#0C2C2A #1A5C58 #278C85 #34BCB2 #5CD2C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#278C85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#278C85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #278C85

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##278C85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##278C85	1.00	4.06	5.18	5.18
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#848485

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#767A86

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00908A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #278c85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 140, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.090 188.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71aea8',
    500: '#278c85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #278c85;
$custom-light: #71aea8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#278c85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.842,
    "s": 56.425,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58226,
    "c": 0.0902,
    "h": 188.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#278C85

secondary

#B7585F

accent

#4853E0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #278C85

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

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