#278D79#278D79

#278D79 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.096 H 176.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#278D79
RGB	rgb(39, 141, 121)
HSL	hsl(168, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(168, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 0%, 14.2%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.80, -33.67, 2.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.80, 33.75, 175.99°)
OKLab	oklab(58.1% -0.0961 0.0057)
OKLCH	oklch(58.1% 0.096 176.6)
XYZ	xyz(13.8110, 20.8600, 21.3839)
Luminance	0.2086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#278D79 #8D273B

analogous

#278D46 #278D79 #276E8D

triadic

#278D79 #79278D #8D7927

tetradic

#278D79 #46278D #8D273B #6E8D27

square

#278D79 #46278D #8D273B #6E8D27

split-complementary

#278D79 #8D276E #8D4627

monochromatic

#0C2D27 #1A5D50 #278D79 #34BDA2 #5CD2BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#278D79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#278D79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #278D79

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##278D79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##278D79	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)

#888478

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7A7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #278d79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 141, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.096 176.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71af9f',
    500: '#278d79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #278d79;
$custom-light: #71af9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#278d79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.235,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58095,
    "c": 0.09632,
    "h": 176.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#278D79

secondary

#B7596B

accent

#4866E0

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#09100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #278D79

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

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