#278D7E#278D7E

#278D7E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.094 H 180.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#278D7E
RGB	rgb(39, 141, 126)
HSL	hsl(171, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(171, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 0%, 10.6%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.93, -32.28, -0.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.93, 32.29, 180.59°)
OKLab	oklab(58.25% -0.0937 -0.0014)
OKLCH	oklch(58.25% 0.094 180.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.1256, 20.9858, 23.0408)
Luminance	0.2099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#278D7E #8D2736

analogous

#278D4B #278D7E #27698D

triadic

#278D7E #7E278D #8D7E27

tetradic

#278D7E #4B278D #8D2736 #698D27

square

#278D7E #4B278D #8D2736 #698D27

split-complementary

#278D7E #8D2769 #8D4B27

monochromatic

#0C2D28 #1A5D53 #278D7E #34BDA9 #5CD2C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#278D7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.20

#278D7E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #278D7E

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##278D7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##278D7E	1.00	4.04	5.20	5.20
#FFFFFF	4.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87847D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#787A7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #278d7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 141, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.094 180.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71afa3',
    500: '#278d7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #278d7e;
$custom-light: #71afa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#278d7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.176,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58253,
    "c": 0.09372,
    "h": 180.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#278D7E

secondary

#B75967

accent

#485EE0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F3

border

#C8CECD

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #278D7E

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

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