#278D78#278D78

#278D78 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.097 H 175.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#278D78
RGB	rgb(39, 141, 120)
HSL	hsl(168, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(168, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 0%, 14.9%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.77, -33.94, 2.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.77, 34.06, 175.12°)
OKLab	oklab(58.06% -0.0966 0.0072)
OKLCH	oklch(58.06% 0.097 175.8)
XYZ	xyz(13.7500, 20.8356, 21.0627)
Luminance	0.2084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#278D78 #8D273C

analogous

#278D45 #278D78 #276F8D

triadic

#278D78 #78278D #8D7827

tetradic

#278D78 #45278D #8D273C #6F8D27

square

#278D78 #45278D #8D273C #6F8D27

split-complementary

#278D78 #8D276F #8D4527

monochromatic

#0C2D26 #1A5D4F #278D78 #34BDA1 #5CD2BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#278D78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#278D78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #278D78

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##278D78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##278D78	1.00	4.06	5.17	5.17
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#888477

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7A7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #278d78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 141, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.097 175.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71af9e',
    500: '#278d78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #278d78;
$custom-light: #71af9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#278d78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.647,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58064,
    "c": 0.09691,
    "h": 175.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#278D78

secondary

#B7596C

accent

#4867E0

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#09100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #278D78

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

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