#278C8B#278C8B

#278C8B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.089 H 194.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#278C8B
RGB	rgb(39, 140, 139)
HSL	hsl(179, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(179, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.1%, 0%, 0.7%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.00, -27.99, -7.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.00, 29.05, 195.48°)
OKLab	oklab(58.44% -0.0865 -0.0216)
OKLCH	oklch(58.44% 0.089 194)
XYZ	xyz(14.8729, 21.0498, 27.7003)
Luminance	0.2105 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#278C8B #8C2728

analogous

#278C58 #278C8B #275A8C

triadic

#278C8B #8B278C #8C8B27

tetradic

#278C8B #58278C #8C2728 #5A8C27

square

#278C8B #58278C #8C2728 #5A8C27

split-complementary

#278C8B #8C275A #8C5827

monochromatic

#0C2C2C #1A5C5B #278C8B #34BCBB #5CD2D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#278C8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.21

#278C8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #278C8B

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##278C8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##278C8B	1.00	4.03	5.21	5.21
#FFFFFF	4.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83858B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747A8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00908B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #278c8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 140, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.089 194.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72aeac',
    500: '#278c8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #278c8b;
$custom-light: #72aeac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#278c8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.406,
    "s": 56.425,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5844,
    "c": 0.08912,
    "h": 194
  },
  "luminance": 0.21052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#278C8B

secondary

#B75859

accent

#484AE0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #278C8B

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

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