#278D7B#278D7B

#278D7B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.095 H 178.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#278D7B
RGB	rgb(39, 141, 123)
HSL	hsl(169, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(169, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 0%, 12.8%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.85, -33.12, 1.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.85, 33.14, 177.78°)
OKLab	oklab(58.16% -0.0952 0.0029)
OKLCH	oklch(58.16% 0.095 178.3)
XYZ	xyz(13.9350, 20.9095, 22.0366)
Luminance	0.2091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#278D7B #8D2739

analogous

#278D48 #278D7B #276C8D

triadic

#278D7B #7B278D #8D7B27

tetradic

#278D7B #48278D #8D2739 #6C8D27

square

#278D7B #48278D #8D2739 #6C8D27

split-complementary

#278D7B #8D276C #8D4827

monochromatic

#0C2D27 #1A5D51 #278D7B #34BDA5 #5CD2BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#278D7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#278D7B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #278D7B

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##278D7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##278D7B	1.00	4.05	5.18	5.18
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87847A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#797A7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #278d7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 141, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.095 178.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71afa1',
    500: '#278d7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #278d7b;
$custom-light: #71afa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#278d7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.412,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58157,
    "c": 0.09521,
    "h": 178.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#278D7B

secondary

#B75969

accent

#4863E0

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#09100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #278D7B

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

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