#278D77#278D77

#278D77 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.098 H 175.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#278D77
RGB	rgb(39, 141, 119)
HSL	hsl(167, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(167, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 0%, 15.6%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.74, -34.21, 3.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.74, 34.38, 174.26°)
OKLab	oklab(58.03% -0.0971 0.0086)
OKLCH	oklch(58.03% 0.098 175)
XYZ	xyz(13.6897, 20.8114, 20.7447)
Luminance	0.2081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#278D77 #8D273D

analogous

#278D44 #278D77 #27708D

triadic

#278D77 #77278D #8D7727

tetradic

#278D77 #44278D #8D273D #708D27

square

#278D77 #44278D #8D273D #708D27

split-complementary

#278D77 #8D2770 #8D4427

monochromatic

#0C2D26 #1A5D4F #278D77 #34BD9F #5CD2B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#278D77 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#278D77 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #278D77

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##278D77	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##278D77	1.00	4.07	5.16	5.16
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#888476

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7A79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #278d77;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 141, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.098 175.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71af9e',
    500: '#278d77',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #278d77;
$custom-light: #71af9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#278d77",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.059,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58033,
    "c": 0.09752,
    "h": 175
  },
  "luminance": 0.20813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#278D77

secondary

#B7596D

accent

#4869E0

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#09100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #278D77

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

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