#278D87#278D87

#278D87 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.091 H 189.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#278D87
RGB	rgb(39, 141, 135)
HSL	hsl(176, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(176, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 0%, 4.3%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.20, -29.68, -5.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.20, 30.13, 189.84°)
OKLab	oklab(58.56% -0.0894 -0.0144)
OKLCH	oklch(58.56% 0.091 189.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.7327, 21.2286, 26.2380)
Luminance	0.2123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#278D87 #8D272D

analogous

#278D54 #278D87 #27608D

triadic

#278D87 #87278D #8D8727

tetradic

#278D87 #54278D #8D272D #608D27

square

#278D87 #54278D #8D272D #608D27

split-complementary

#278D87 #8D2760 #8D5427

monochromatic

#0C2D2B #1A5D59 #278D87 #34BDB5 #5CD2CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#278D87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#278D87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #278D87

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##278D87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##278D87	1.00	4.00	5.25	5.25
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#858587

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#767A88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #278d87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 141, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.091 189.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72afa9',
    500: '#278d87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #278d87;
$custom-light: #72afa9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#278d87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.471,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58556,
    "c": 0.09056,
    "h": 189.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#278D87

secondary

#B7595E

accent

#4851E0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #278D87

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

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