#278E66#278E66

#278E66 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.112 H 162.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#278E66
RGB	rgb(39, 142, 102)
HSL	hsl(157, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(157, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 0%, 28.2%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.66, -38.94, 13.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.66, 41.08, 161.44°)
OKLab	oklab(57.83% -0.1067 0.0333)
OKLCH	oklch(57.83% 0.112 162.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.9066, 20.7352, 15.8899)
Luminance	0.2074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#278E66 #8E274F

analogous

#278E32 #278E66 #27828E

triadic

#278E66 #66278E #8E6627

tetradic

#278E66 #32278E #8E274F #828E27

square

#278E66 #32278E #8E274F #828E27

split-complementary

#278E66 #8E2782 #8E3227

monochromatic

#0D2E21 #1A5E44 #278E66 #34BE88 #5DD2A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#278E66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#278E66 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #278E66

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##278E66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##278E66	1.00	4.08	5.15	5.15
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C8364

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7A69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #278e66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 142, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.112 162.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70b091',
    500: '#278e66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #278e66;
$custom-light: #70b091;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#278e66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.699,
    "s": 56.906,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57829,
    "c": 0.11176,
    "h": 162.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#278E66

secondary

#B8597E

accent

#4883E0

background

#F7FAF8

surface

#EDF5F0

border

#C8CFCB

text

#08100C

muted

#7B7F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #278E66

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

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