#278D82#278D82

#278D82 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.092 H 184.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#278D82
RGB	rgb(39, 141, 130)
HSL	hsl(174, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(174, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 0%, 7.8%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.05, -31.14, -2.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.05, 31.24, 184.55°)
OKLab	oklab(58.39% -0.0918 -0.0072)
OKLCH	oklch(58.39% 0.092 184.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.3889, 21.0911, 24.4274)
Luminance	0.2109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#278D82 #8D2732

analogous

#278D4F #278D82 #27658D

triadic

#278D82 #82278D #8D8227

tetradic

#278D82 #4F278D #8D2732 #658D27

square

#278D82 #4F278D #8D2732 #658D27

split-complementary

#278D82 #8D2765 #8D4F27

monochromatic

#0C2D2A #1A5D56 #278D82 #34BDAE #5CD2C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#278D82 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.22

#278D82 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #278D82

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##278D82	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##278D82	1.00	4.02	5.22	5.22
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#868582

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#777A83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #278d82;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 141, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.092 184.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71afa6',
    500: '#278d82',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #278d82;
$custom-light: #71afa6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#278d82",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.529,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58385,
    "c": 0.09206,
    "h": 184.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#278D82

secondary

#B75963

accent

#4858E0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #278D82

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

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