#278E69#278E69

#278E69 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.109 H 164.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#278E69
RGB	rgb(39, 142, 105)
HSL	hsl(158, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(158, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 0%, 26.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.73, -38.23, 11.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.73, 39.91, 163.31°)
OKLab	oklab(57.91% -0.1052 0.0293)
OKLCH	oklch(57.91% 0.109 164.5)
XYZ	xyz(13.0581, 20.7958, 16.6877)
Luminance	0.2080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#278E69 #8E274C

analogous

#278E36 #278E69 #277F8E

triadic

#278E69 #69278E #8E6927

tetradic

#278E69 #36278E #8E274C #7F8E27

square

#278E69 #36278E #8E274C #7F8E27

split-complementary

#278E69 #8E277F #8E3627

monochromatic

#0D2E22 #1A5E45 #278E69 #34BE8D #5DD2A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#278E69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#278E69 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #278E69

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##278E69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##278E69	1.00	4.07	5.16	5.16
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B8467

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7A6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #278e69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 142, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.109 164.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70b094',
    500: '#278e69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #278e69;
$custom-light: #70b094;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#278e69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.447,
    "s": 56.906,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57906,
    "c": 0.10917,
    "h": 164.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#278E69

secondary

#B8597B

accent

#487EE0

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF5F1

border

#C8CFCB

text

#08100D

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #278E69

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

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