#278D97#278D97

#278D97 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.090 H 204.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#278D97
RGB	rgb(39, 141, 151)
HSL	hsl(185, 59%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(185, 74%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.2%, 6.6%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.72, -24.76, -13.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.72, 28.26, 208.81°)
OKLab	oklab(59.15% -0.0821 -0.0378)
OKLCH	oklch(59.15% 0.09 204.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.9450, 21.7136, 32.6229)
Luminance	0.2172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#278D97 #973127

analogous

#279769 #278D97 #275597

triadic

#278D97 #97278D #8D9727

tetradic

#278D97 #692797 #973127 #559727

square

#278D97 #692797 #973127 #559727

split-complementary

#278D97 #972755 #976927

monochromatic

#0E3236 #1A6066 #278D97 #34BAC8 #62CCD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#278D97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.34

#278D97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #278D97

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##278D97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##278D97	1.00	3.93	5.34	5.34
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#818798

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717B97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009390

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #278d97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 141, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.090 204.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73aeb5',
    500: '#278d97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #278d97;
$custom-light: #73aeb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#278d97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.357,
    "s": 58.947,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59154,
    "c": 0.09038,
    "h": 204.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#278D97

secondary

#BC665E

accent

#5446E2

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #278D97

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

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