#278D83#278D83

#278D83 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.092 H 185.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#278D83
RGB	rgb(39, 141, 131)
HSL	hsl(174, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(174, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 0%, 7.1%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.08, -30.86, -3.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.08, 31.00, 185.57°)
OKLab	oklab(58.42% -0.0913 -0.0086)
OKLCH	oklch(58.42% 0.092 185.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.4564, 21.1181, 24.7826)
Luminance	0.2112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#278D83 #8D2731

analogous

#278D50 #278D83 #27648D

triadic

#278D83 #83278D #8D8327

tetradic

#278D83 #50278D #8D2731 #648D27

square

#278D83 #50278D #8D2731 #648D27

split-complementary

#278D83 #8D2764 #8D5027

monochromatic

#0C2D2A #1A5D56 #278D83 #34BDB0 #5CD2C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#278D83 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.22

#278D83 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #278D83

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##278D83	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##278D83	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)

#868583

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#777A84

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00908A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #278d83;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 141, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.092 185.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71afa7',
    500: '#278d83',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #278d83;
$custom-light: #71afa7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#278d83",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.118,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58419,
    "c": 0.09171,
    "h": 185.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#278D83

secondary

#B75962

accent

#4857E0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #278D83

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

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