#278D7C#278D7C

#278D7C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.095 H 179.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#278D7C
RGB	rgb(39, 141, 124)
HSL	hsl(170, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(170, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 0%, 12.1%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.88, -32.84, 0.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.88, 32.85, 178.70°)
OKLab	oklab(58.19% -0.0947 0.0014)
OKLCH	oklch(58.19% 0.095 179.1)
XYZ	xyz(13.9979, 20.9347, 22.3679)
Luminance	0.2094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#278D7C #8D2738

analogous

#278D49 #278D7C #276B8D

triadic

#278D7C #7C278D #8D7C27

tetradic

#278D7C #49278D #8D2738 #6B8D27

square

#278D7C #49278D #8D2738 #6B8D27

split-complementary

#278D7C #8D276B #8D4927

monochromatic

#0C2D28 #1A5D52 #278D7C #34BDA6 #5CD2BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#278D7C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.19

#278D7C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #278D7C

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##278D7C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##278D7C	1.00	4.05	5.19	5.19
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87847B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#797A7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #278d7c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 141, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.095 179.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71afa1',
    500: '#278d7c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #278d7c;
$custom-light: #71afa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#278d7c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58189,
    "c": 0.09469,
    "h": 179.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#278D7C

secondary

#B75968

accent

#4861E0

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #278D7C

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

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