#278D72#278D72

#278D72 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.101 H 171.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#278D72
RGB	rgb(39, 141, 114)
HSL	hsl(164, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(164, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 0%, 19.1%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.61, -35.53, 6.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.61, 36.06, 170.20°)
OKLab	oklab(57.89% -0.0996 0.0156)
OKLCH	oklch(57.89% 0.101 171.1)
XYZ	xyz(13.3973, 20.6944, 19.2047)
Luminance	0.2070 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#278D72 #8D2742

analogous

#278D3F #278D72 #27758D

triadic

#278D72 #72278D #8D7227

tetradic

#278D72 #3F278D #8D2742 #758D27

square

#278D72 #3F278D #8D2742 #758D27

split-complementary

#278D72 #8D2775 #8D3F27

monochromatic

#0C2D24 #1A5D4B #278D72 #34BD99 #5CD2B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09

#278D72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.14

#278D72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #278D72

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##278D72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##278D72	1.00	4.09	5.14	5.14
#FFFFFF	4.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#898371

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7974

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #278d72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 141, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.101 171.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70af9a',
    500: '#278d72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #278d72;
$custom-light: #70af9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#278d72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.118,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57885,
    "c": 0.10084,
    "h": 171.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#278D72

secondary

#B75972

accent

#4870E0

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#09100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #278D72

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

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