#278D5F#278D5F

#278D5F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.117 H 159.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#278D5F
RGB	rgb(39, 141, 95)
HSL	hsl(153, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(153, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 0%, 32.6%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.18, -40.12, 16.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.18, 43.34, 157.77°)
OKLab	oklab(57.39% -0.1091 0.0415)
OKLCH	oklch(57.39% 0.117 159.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.4259, 20.3059, 14.0888)
Luminance	0.2031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#278D5F #8D2755

analogous

#278D2C #278D5F #27888D

triadic

#278D5F #5F278D #8D5F27

tetradic

#278D5F #2C278D #8D2755 #888D27

square

#278D5F #2C278D #8D2755 #888D27

split-complementary

#278D5F #8D2788 #8D2C27

monochromatic

#0C2D1E #1A5D3F #278D5F #34BD7F #5CD29D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#278D5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#278D5F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #278D5F

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##278D5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##278D5F	1.00	4.15	5.06	5.06
#FFFFFF	4.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B825C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7962

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #278d5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 141, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.117 159.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70af8c',
    500: '#278d5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #278d5f;
$custom-light: #70af8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#278d5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.941,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57388,
    "c": 0.11674,
    "h": 159.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#278D5F

secondary

#B75983

accent

#488CE0

background

#F7FAF8

surface

#EDF5F0

border

#C8CFCB

text

#08100C

muted

#7B7F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #278D5F

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

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