#278D74#278D74

#278D74 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.099 H 172.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#278D74
RGB	rgb(39, 141, 116)
HSL	hsl(165, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(165, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 0%, 17.7%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.66, -35.01, 5.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.66, 35.37, 171.78°)
OKLab	oklab(57.94% -0.0986 0.0128)
OKLCH	oklch(57.94% 0.099 172.6)
XYZ	xyz(13.5123, 20.7405, 19.8108)
Luminance	0.2074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#278D74 #8D2740

analogous

#278D41 #278D74 #27738D

triadic

#278D74 #74278D #8D7427

tetradic

#278D74 #41278D #8D2740 #738D27

square

#278D74 #41278D #8D2740 #738D27

split-complementary

#278D74 #8D2773 #8D4127

monochromatic

#0C2D25 #1A5D4D #278D74 #34BD9B #5CD2B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#278D74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#278D74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #278D74

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##278D74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##278D74	1.00	4.08	5.15	5.15
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#888473

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7A76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #278d74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 141, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.099 172.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70af9c',
    500: '#278d74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #278d74;
$custom-light: #70af9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#278d74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.294,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57943,
    "c": 0.09945,
    "h": 172.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#278D74

secondary

#B75970

accent

#486DE0

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#09100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #278D74

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

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