#278D91#278D91

#278D91 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.090 H 198.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#278D91
RGB	rgb(39, 141, 145)
HSL	hsl(182, 58%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(182, 73%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.1%, 2.8%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.52, -26.65, -10.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.52, 28.63, 201.43°)
OKLab	oklab(58.92% -0.0848 -0.029)
OKLCH	oklch(58.92% 0.09 198.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.4701, 21.5236, 30.1217)
Luminance	0.2152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#278D91 #912B27

analogous

#279160 #278D91 #275891

triadic

#278D91 #91278D #8D9127

tetradic

#278D91 #602791 #912B27 #589127

square

#278D91 #602791 #912B27 #589127

split-complementary

#278D91 #912758 #916027

monochromatic

#0D2F31 #1A5E61 #278D91 #34BCC1 #5FCFD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#278D91 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#278D91 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #278D91

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##278D91	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##278D91	1.00	3.96	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#838691

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#737B92

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #278d91;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 141, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.090 198.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73aeb1',
    500: '#278d91',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #278d91;
$custom-light: #73aeb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#278d91",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.264,
    "s": 57.609,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58921,
    "c": 0.08961,
    "h": 198.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#278D91

secondary

#B95E5B

accent

#4D47E1

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F5

border

#C8CECF

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #278D91

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

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