#278D86#278D86

#278D86 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.091 H 188.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#278D86
RGB	rgb(39, 141, 134)
HSL	hsl(176, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(176, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 0%, 5%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.17, -29.98, -4.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.17, 30.33, 188.75°)
OKLab	oklab(58.52% -0.0899 -0.013)
OKLCH	oklch(58.52% 0.091 188.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.6626, 21.2006, 25.8690)
Luminance	0.2120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#278D86 #8D272E

analogous

#278D53 #278D86 #27618D

triadic

#278D86 #86278D #8D8627

tetradic

#278D86 #53278D #8D272E #618D27

square

#278D86 #53278D #8D272E #618D27

split-complementary

#278D86 #8D2761 #8D5327

monochromatic

#0C2D2B #1A5D58 #278D86 #34BDB4 #5CD2CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#278D86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.24

#278D86 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #278D86

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##278D86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##278D86	1.00	4.01	5.24	5.24
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#858586

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#767A87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #278d86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 141, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.091 188.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72afa9',
    500: '#278d86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #278d86;
$custom-light: #72afa9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#278d86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.882,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58522,
    "c": 0.0908,
    "h": 188.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#278D86

secondary

#B7595F

accent

#4852E0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #278D86

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

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