#278D9A#278D9A

#278D9A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.091 H 207.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#278D9A
RGB	rgb(39, 141, 154)
HSL	hsl(187, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(187, 75%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.7%, 8.4%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.83, -23.80, -15.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.83, 28.24, 212.55°)
OKLab	oklab(59.27% -0.0808 -0.0422)
OKLCH	oklch(59.27% 0.091 207.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.1918, 21.8122, 33.9224)
Luminance	0.2181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#278D9A #9A3427

analogous

#279A6E #278D9A #27539A

triadic

#278D9A #9A278D #8D9A27

tetradic

#278D9A #6E279A #9A3427 #539A27

square

#278D9A #6E279A #9A3427 #539A27

split-complementary

#278D9A #9A2753 #9A6E27

monochromatic

#0E3438 #1B6069 #278D9A #33BACB #64CBD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#278D9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#278D9A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #278D9A

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##278D9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##278D9A	1.00	3.92	5.36	5.36
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80879B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707C9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009491

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #278d9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 141, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.091 207.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74aeb7',
    500: '#278d9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #278d9a;
$custom-light: #74aeb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#278d9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.783,
    "s": 59.585,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59274,
    "c": 0.09115,
    "h": 207.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#278D9A

secondary

#BD6A5F

accent

#5745E3

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #278D9A

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

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