#278E60#278E60

#278E60 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.117 H 159.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#278E60
RGB	rgb(39, 142, 96)
HSL	hsl(153, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(153, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 0%, 32.4%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.53, -40.32, 16.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.53, 43.49, 157.97°)
OKLab	oklab(57.68% -0.1097 0.0413)
OKLCH	oklch(57.68% 0.117 159.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.6198, 20.6204, 14.3791)
Luminance	0.2062 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#278E60 #8E2755

analogous

#278E2D #278E60 #27888E

triadic

#278E60 #60278E #8E6027

tetradic

#278E60 #2D278E #8E2755 #888E27

square

#278E60 #2D278E #8E2755 #888E27

split-complementary

#278E60 #8E2788 #8E2D27

monochromatic

#0D2E1F #1A5E40 #278E60 #34BE80 #5DD29E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#278E60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.12

#278E60 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #278E60

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##278E60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##278E60	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)

#8C835D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7A63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #278e60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 142, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.117 159.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70b08d',
    500: '#278e60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #278e60;
$custom-light: #70b08d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#278e60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.204,
    "s": 56.906,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57683,
    "c": 0.11719,
    "h": 159.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#278E60

secondary

#B85983

accent

#488CE0

background

#F7FAF8

surface

#EDF5F0

border

#C8CFCB

text

#08100C

muted

#7B7F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #278E60

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

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