#278D89#278D89

#278D89 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.090 H 191.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#278D89
RGB	rgb(39, 141, 137)
HSL	hsl(178, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(178, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 0%, 2.8%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.26, -29.09, -6.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.26, 29.75, 192.06°)
OKLab	oklab(58.63% -0.0885 -0.0173)
OKLCH	oklch(58.63% 0.09 191.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.8748, 21.2855, 26.9866)
Luminance	0.2129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#278D89 #8D272B

analogous

#278D56 #278D89 #275E8D

triadic

#278D89 #89278D #8D8927

tetradic

#278D89 #56278D #8D272B #5E8D27

square

#278D89 #56278D #8D272B #5E8D27

split-complementary

#278D89 #8D275E #8D5627

monochromatic

#0C2D2C #1A5D5A #278D89 #34BDB8 #5CD2CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#278D89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.26

#278D89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #278D89

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##278D89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##278D89	1.00	3.99	5.26	5.26
#FFFFFF	3.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#848689

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#767B8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #278d89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 141, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.090 191.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72afab',
    500: '#278d89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #278d89;
$custom-light: #72afab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#278d89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.647,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58627,
    "c": 0.09015,
    "h": 191.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#278D89

secondary

#B7595C

accent

#484EE0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #278D89

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

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