#278D7F#278D7F

#278D7F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.093 H 181.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#278D7F
RGB	rgb(39, 141, 127)
HSL	hsl(172, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(172, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 0%, 9.9%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.96, -32.00, -0.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.96, 32.01, 181.55°)
OKLab	oklab(58.29% -0.0932 -0.0029)
OKLCH	oklch(58.29% 0.093 181.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.1905, 21.0117, 23.3823)
Luminance	0.2101 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#278D7F #8D2735

analogous

#278D4C #278D7F #27688D

triadic

#278D7F #7F278D #8D7F27

tetradic

#278D7F #4C278D #8D2735 #688D27

square

#278D7F #4C278D #8D2735 #688D27

split-complementary

#278D7F #8D2768 #8D4C27

monochromatic

#0C2D29 #1A5D54 #278D7F #34BDAA #5CD2C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#278D7F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.20

#278D7F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #278D7F

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##278D7F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##278D7F	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)

#86857E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#787A80

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #278d7f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 141, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.093 181.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71afa4',
    500: '#278d7f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #278d7f;
$custom-light: #71afa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#278d7f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.765,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58286,
    "c": 0.09326,
    "h": 181.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#278D7F

secondary

#B75966

accent

#485DE0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #278D7F

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

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