#278C87#278C87

#278C87 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.090 H 190.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#278C87
RGB	rgb(39, 140, 135)
HSL	hsl(177, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(177, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.1%, 0%, 3.6%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.88, -29.20, -5.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.88, 29.73, 190.90°)
OKLab	oklab(58.3% -0.0883 -0.0157)
OKLCH	oklch(58.3% 0.09 190.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.5859, 20.9351, 26.1891)
Luminance	0.2094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#278C87 #8C272C

analogous

#278C55 #278C87 #275E8C

triadic

#278C87 #87278C #8C8727

tetradic

#278C87 #55278C #8C272C #5E8C27

square

#278C87 #55278C #8C272C #5E8C27

split-complementary

#278C87 #8C275E #8C5527

monochromatic

#0C2C2B #1A5C59 #278C87 #34BCB5 #5CD2CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#278C87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.19

#278C87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #278C87

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##278C87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##278C87	1.00	4.05	5.19	5.19
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#848487

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757A88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00908A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #278c87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 140, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.090 190.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72aea9',
    500: '#278c87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #278c87;
$custom-light: #72aea9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#278c87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.03,
    "s": 56.425,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58296,
    "c": 0.08973,
    "h": 190.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#278C87

secondary

#B7585D

accent

#4850E0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #278C87

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

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