#278D9C#278D9C

#278D9C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.092 H 209.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#278D9C
RGBrgb(39, 141, 156)
HSLhsl(188, 60%, 38%)
HSVhsv(188, 75%, 61%)
CMYKcmyk(75%, 9.6%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LABlab(53.90, -23.16, -16.24)
CIE-LCHlch(53.90, 28.28, 215.04°)
OKLaboklab(59.36% -0.0799 -0.0452)
OKLCHoklch(59.36% 0.092 209.5)
XYZxyz(16.3597, 21.8794, 34.8070)
Luminance0.2188 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#278D9C #9C3627
analogous
#279C70 #278D9C #27529C
triadic
#278D9C #9C278D #8D9C27
tetradic
#278D9C #70279C #9C3627 #529C27
square
#278D9C #70279C #9C3627 #529C27
split-complementary
#278D9C #9C2752 #9C7027
monochromatic
#0F343A #1B616B #278D9C #34B9CC #65CAD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91
#278D9C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38
#278D9C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #278D9C
5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##278D9C#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##278D9C1.003.915.385.38
#FFFFFF3.911.0021.0021.00
#0000005.3821.001.001.00
##0000005.3821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#80889D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#707C9C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#009491
Achromatopsia (no color)
#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #278d9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 141, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.092 209.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74aeb9',
    500: '#278d9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #278d9c;
$custom-light: #74aeb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#278d9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.692,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59356,
    "c": 0.0918,
    "h": 209.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#278D9C
secondary
#BE6D61
accent
#5945E3
background
#F7FAFB
surface
#EEF4F6
border
#C9CED0
text
#091011
muted
#7B7F80

Preview Lab

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#278D9C Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva