#278D90#278D90

#278D90 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.090 H 197.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#278D90
RGB	rgb(39, 141, 144)
HSL	hsl(182, 57%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(182, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.9%, 2.1%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.48, -26.96, -9.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.48, 28.73, 200.22°)
OKLab	oklab(58.88% -0.0852 -0.0276)
OKLCH	oklch(58.88% 0.09 197.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.3934, 21.4929, 29.7174)
Luminance	0.2150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#278D90 #902A27

analogous

#27905E #278D90 #275890

triadic

#278D90 #90278D #8D9027

tetradic

#278D90 #5E2790 #902A27 #589027

square

#278D90 #5E2790 #902A27 #589027

split-complementary

#278D90 #902758 #905E27

monochromatic

#0D2F30 #1A5E60 #278D90 #34BCC0 #5ED0D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#278D90 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#278D90 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #278D90

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##278D90	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##278D90	1.00	3.96	5.30	5.30
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#838690

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747B91

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #278d90;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 141, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.090 197.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73aeb0',
    500: '#278d90',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #278d90;
$custom-light: #73aeb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#278d90",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.714,
    "s": 57.377,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58884,
    "c": 0.08957,
    "h": 197.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#278D90

secondary

#B95D5A

accent

#4C47E1

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #278D90

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

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