#278C94#278C94

#278C94 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.089 H 202.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#278C94
RGB	rgb(39, 140, 148)
HSL	hsl(184, 58%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(184, 74%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.6%, 5.4%, 0%, 42%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.30, -25.21, -12.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.30, 28.14, 206.41°)
OKLab	oklab(58.78% -0.0824 -0.0348)
OKLCH	oklch(58.78% 0.089 202.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.5577, 21.3238, 31.3072)
Luminance	0.2133 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#278C94 #942F27

analogous

#279466 #278C94 #275694

triadic

#278C94 #94278C #8C9427

tetradic

#278C94 #662794 #942F27 #569427

square

#278C94 #662794 #942F27 #569427

split-complementary

#278C94 #942756 #946627

monochromatic

#0D3033 #1A5E64 #278C94 #34BAC4 #60CDD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#278C94 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.27

#278C94 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #278C94

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##278C94	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##278C94	1.00	3.99	5.27	5.27
#FFFFFF	3.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#818695

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717A94

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #278c94;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 140, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.089 202.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73aeb3',
    500: '#278c94',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #278c94;
$custom-light: #73aeb3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#278c94",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.404,
    "s": 58.289,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5878,
    "c": 0.08941,
    "h": 202.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#278C94

secondary

#BB635C

accent

#5246E2

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #278C94

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

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