#278C86#278C86

#278C86 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.090 H 189.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#278C86
RGB	rgb(39, 140, 134)
HSL	hsl(176, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(176, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.1%, 0%, 4.3%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.85, -29.49, -5.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.85, 29.93, 189.79°)
OKLab	oklab(58.26% -0.0888 -0.0143)
OKLCH	oklch(58.26% 0.09 189.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.5159, 20.9070, 25.8201)
Luminance	0.2091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#278C86 #8C272D

analogous

#278C54 #278C86 #275F8C

triadic

#278C86 #86278C #8C8627

tetradic

#278C86 #54278C #8C272D #5F8C27

square

#278C86 #54278C #8C272D #5F8C27

split-complementary

#278C86 #8C275F #8C5427

monochromatic

#0C2C2A #1A5C58 #278C86 #34BCB4 #5CD2CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#278C86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#278C86 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #278C86

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##278C86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##278C86	1.00	4.05	5.18	5.18
#FFFFFF	4.05	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)

#848486

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757A87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00908A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #278c86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 140, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.090 189.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72aea9',
    500: '#278c86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #278c86;
$custom-light: #72aea9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#278c86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.436,
    "s": 56.425,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58261,
    "c": 0.08995,
    "h": 189.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#278C86

secondary

#B7585E

accent

#4851E0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #278C86

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

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