#278D8D#278D8D

#278D8D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.090 H 195.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#278D8D
RGB	rgb(39, 141, 141)
HSL	hsl(180, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(180, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.3%, 0%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.39, -27.88, -8.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.39, 29.10, 196.66°)
OKLab	oklab(58.77% -0.0866 -0.0232)
OKLCH	oklch(58.77% 0.09 195)
XYZ	xyz(15.1671, 21.4024, 28.5259)
Luminance	0.2140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#278D8D #8D2727

analogous

#278D5A #278D8D #275A8D

triadic

#278D8D #8D278D #8D8D27

tetradic

#278D8D #5A278D #8D2727 #5A8D27

square

#278D8D #5A278D #8D2727 #5A8D27

split-complementary

#278D8D #8D275A #8D5A27

monochromatic

#0C2D2D #1A5D5D #278D8D #34BDBD #5CD2D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#278D8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#278D8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #278D8D

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##278D8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##278D8D	1.00	3.98	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84868D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747B8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #278d8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 141, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.090 195.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72afae',
    500: '#278d8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #278d8d;
$custom-light: #72afae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#278d8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58772,
    "c": 0.08965,
    "h": 195
  },
  "luminance": 0.21404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#278D8D

secondary

#B75959

accent

#4848E0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #278D8D

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

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