#278E5F#278E5F

#278E5F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.118 H 158.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#278E5F
RGB	rgb(39, 142, 95)
HSL	hsl(153, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(153, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 0%, 33.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.51, -40.54, 16.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.51, 43.90, 157.43°)
OKLab	oklab(57.66% -0.1102 0.0426)
OKLCH	oklch(57.66% 0.118 158.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.5740, 20.6021, 14.1382)
Luminance	0.2060 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#278E5F #8E2756

analogous

#278E2B #278E5F #27898E

triadic

#278E5F #5F278E #8E5F27

tetradic

#278E5F #2B278E #8E2756 #898E27

square

#278E5F #2B278E #8E2756 #898E27

split-complementary

#278E5F #8E2789 #8E2B27

monochromatic

#0D2E1F #1A5E3F #278E5F #34BE7F #5DD29D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#278E5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.12

#278E5F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #278E5F

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##278E5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##278E5F	1.00	4.10	5.12	5.12
#FFFFFF	4.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D835C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807A62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #278e5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 142, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.118 158.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70b08c',
    500: '#278e5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #278e5f;
$custom-light: #70b08c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#278e5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.621,
    "s": 56.906,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57659,
    "c": 0.11812,
    "h": 158.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#278E5F

secondary

#B85984

accent

#488DE0

background

#F7FAF8

surface

#EDF5F0

border

#C8CFCB

text

#08100C

muted

#7B7F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #278E5F

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

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