#278D84#278D84

#278D84 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.091 H 186.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#278D84
RGB	rgb(39, 141, 132)
HSL	hsl(175, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(175, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 0%, 6.4%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.11, -30.56, -3.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.11, 30.77, 186.62°)
OKLab	oklab(58.45% -0.0908 -0.0101)
OKLCH	oklch(58.45% 0.091 186.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.5245, 21.1453, 25.1413)
Luminance	0.2115 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#278D84 #8D2730

analogous

#278D51 #278D84 #27638D

triadic

#278D84 #84278D #8D8427

tetradic

#278D84 #51278D #8D2730 #638D27

square

#278D84 #51278D #8D2730 #638D27

split-complementary

#278D84 #8D2763 #8D5127

monochromatic

#0C2D2A #1A5D57 #278D84 #34BDB1 #5CD2C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#278D84 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#278D84 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #278D84

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##278D84	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##278D84	1.00	4.02	5.23	5.23
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#858584

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#777A85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00908A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #278d84;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 141, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.091 186.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71afa7',
    500: '#278d84',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #278d84;
$custom-light: #71afa7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#278d84",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.706,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58453,
    "c": 0.09138,
    "h": 186.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#278D84

secondary

#B75961

accent

#4855E0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #278D84

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

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