#278CA0#278CA0

#278CA0 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.093 H 214.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#278CA0
RGB	rgb(39, 140, 160)
HSL	hsl(190, 61%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(190, 76%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.6%, 12.5%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.73, -21.33, -18.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.73, 28.43, 221.39°)
OKLab	oklab(59.27% -0.0772 -0.0524)
OKLCH	oklch(59.27% 0.093 214.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.5572, 21.7236, 36.5713)
Luminance	0.2173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#278CA0 #A03B27

analogous

#27A078 #278CA0 #2750A0

triadic

#278CA0 #A0278C #8CA027

tetradic

#278CA0 #7827A0 #A03B27 #50A027

square

#278CA0 #7827A0 #A03B27 #50A027

split-complementary

#278CA0 #A02750 #A07827

monochromatic

#0F363E #1B616F #278CA0 #36B5CE #67C7DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#278CA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#278CA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #278CA0

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##278CA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##278CA0	1.00	3.93	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E87A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7BA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009492

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #278ca0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 140, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.093 214.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74aebc',
    500: '#278ca0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #278ca0;
$custom-light: #74aebc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#278ca0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.917,
    "s": 60.804,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5927,
    "c": 0.0933,
    "h": 214.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#278CA0

secondary

#C07263

accent

#5E44E4

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #278CA0

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

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