#278E63#278E63

#278E63 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.114 H 161.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#278E63
RGB	rgb(39, 142, 99)
HSL	hsl(155, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(155, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 0%, 30.3%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.59, -39.64, 14.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.59, 42.28, 159.66°)
OKLab	oklab(57.75% -0.1082 0.0373)
OKLCH	oklch(57.75% 0.114 161)
XYZ	xyz(12.7605, 20.6767, 15.1205)
Luminance	0.2068 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#278E63 #8E2752

analogous

#278E2F #278E63 #27858E

triadic

#278E63 #63278E #8E6327

tetradic

#278E63 #2F278E #8E2752 #858E27

square

#278E63 #2F278E #8E2752 #858E27

split-complementary

#278E63 #8E2785 #8E2F27

monochromatic

#0D2E20 #1A5E42 #278E63 #34BE84 #5DD2A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09

#278E63 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.14

#278E63 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #278E63

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##278E63	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##278E63	1.00	4.09	5.14	5.14
#FFFFFF	4.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C8360

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7A66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #278e63;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 142, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.114 161.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70b08f',
    500: '#278e63',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #278e63;
$custom-light: #70b08f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#278e63",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.951,
    "s": 56.906,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57754,
    "c": 0.11444,
    "h": 161
  },
  "luminance": 0.20678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#278E63

secondary

#B85981

accent

#4887E0

background

#F7FAF8

surface

#EDF5F0

border

#C8CFCB

text

#08100C

muted

#7B7F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #278E63

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

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