#278C95#278C95

#278C95 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.090 H 203.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#278C95
RGB	rgb(39, 140, 149)
HSL	hsl(185, 59%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(185, 74%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.8%, 6%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.34, -24.89, -13.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.34, 28.10, 207.66°)
OKLab	oklab(58.82% -0.0819 -0.0362)
OKLCH	oklch(58.82% 0.09 203.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.6372, 21.3556, 31.7258)
Luminance	0.2136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#278C95 #953027

analogous

#279567 #278C95 #275595

triadic

#278C95 #95278C #8C9527

tetradic

#278C95 #672795 #953027 #559527

square

#278C95 #672795 #953027 #559527

split-complementary

#278C95 #952755 #956727

monochromatic

#0E3134 #1A5E64 #278C95 #34BAC6 #61CCD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#278C95 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.27

#278C95 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #278C95

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##278C95	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##278C95	1.00	3.98	5.27	5.27
#FFFFFF	3.98	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)

#808696

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717A95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #278c95;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 140, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.090 203.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73aeb4',
    500: '#278c95',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #278c95;
$custom-light: #73aeb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#278c95",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.909,
    "s": 58.511,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58819,
    "c": 0.08959,
    "h": 203.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#278C95

secondary

#BB645D

accent

#5346E2

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #278C95

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

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