#278C91#278C91

#278C91 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.089 H 199.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#278C91
RGB	rgb(39, 140, 145)
HSL	hsl(183, 58%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(183, 73%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.1%, 3.4%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.20, -26.15, -10.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.20, 28.34, 202.70°)
OKLab	oklab(58.66% -0.0837 -0.0304)
OKLCH	oklch(58.66% 0.089 199.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.3233, 21.2300, 30.0728)
Luminance	0.2123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#278C91 #912C27

analogous

#279161 #278C91 #275791

triadic

#278C91 #91278C #8C9127

tetradic

#278C91 #612791 #912C27 #579127

square

#278C91 #612791 #912C27 #579127

split-complementary

#278C91 #912757 #916127

monochromatic

#0D2F31 #1A5D61 #278C91 #34BBC1 #5FCED4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#278C91 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#278C91 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #278C91

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##278C91	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##278C91	1.00	4.00	5.25	5.25
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#818691

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#727A92

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #278c91;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 140, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.089 199.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73aeb1',
    500: '#278c91',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #278c91;
$custom-light: #73aeb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#278c91",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.83,
    "s": 57.609,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58664,
    "c": 0.08905,
    "h": 199.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#278C91

secondary

#B95F5B

accent

#4E47E1

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F5

border

#C8CECF

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #278C91

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

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