#278D8E#278D8E

#278D8E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.090 H 196.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#278D8E
RGB	rgb(39, 141, 142)
HSL	hsl(181, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(181, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 0.7%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.42, -27.58, -8.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.42, 28.97, 197.83°)
OKLab	oklab(58.81% -0.0861 -0.0246)
OKLCH	oklch(58.81% 0.09 196)
XYZ	xyz(15.2418, 21.4323, 28.9195)
Luminance	0.2143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#278D8E #8E2827

analogous

#278E5C #278D8E #27598E

triadic

#278D8E #8E278D #8D8E27

tetradic

#278D8E #5C278E #8E2827 #598E27

square

#278D8E #5C278E #8E2827 #598E27

split-complementary

#278D8E #8E2759 #8E5C27

monochromatic

#0D2E2E #1A5D5E #278D8E #34BDBE #5DD1D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#278D8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.29

#278D8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #278D8E

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##278D8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##278D8E	1.00	3.97	5.29	5.29
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83868E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747B8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #278d8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 141, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.090 196.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72afaf',
    500: '#278d8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #278d8e;
$custom-light: #72afaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#278d8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.583,
    "s": 56.906,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58809,
    "c": 0.0896,
    "h": 196
  },
  "luminance": 0.21434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#278D8E

secondary

#B85A59

accent

#4948E0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #278D8E

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

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