#278D80#278D80

#278D80 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.093 H 182.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#278D80
RGB	rgb(39, 141, 128)
HSL	hsl(172, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(172, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 0%, 9.2%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.99, -31.72, -1.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.99, 31.75, 182.53°)
OKLab	oklab(58.32% -0.0927 -0.0043)
OKLCH	oklch(58.32% 0.093 182.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.2560, 21.0379, 23.7273)
Luminance	0.2104 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#278D80 #8D2734

analogous

#278D4D #278D80 #27678D

triadic

#278D80 #80278D #8D8027

tetradic

#278D80 #4D278D #8D2734 #678D27

square

#278D80 #4D278D #8D2734 #678D27

split-complementary

#278D80 #8D2767 #8D4D27

monochromatic

#0C2D29 #1A5D54 #278D80 #34BDAC #5CD2C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#278D80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.21

#278D80 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #278D80

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##278D80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##278D80	1.00	4.03	5.21	5.21
#FFFFFF	4.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#868580

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#787A81

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #278d80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 141, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.093 182.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71afa4',
    500: '#278d80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #278d80;
$custom-light: #71afa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#278d80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.353,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58318,
    "c": 0.09284,
    "h": 182.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#278D80

secondary

#B75965

accent

#485BE0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #278D80

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

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