#278E6B#278E6B

#278E6B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.107 H 165.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#278E6B
RGB	rgb(39, 142, 107)
HSL	hsl(160, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(160, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 0%, 24.6%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.77, -37.75, 10.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.77, 39.15, 164.62°)
OKLab	oklab(57.96% -0.1042 0.0265)
OKLCH	oklch(57.96% 0.108 165.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.1621, 20.8374, 17.2354)
Luminance	0.2084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#278E6B #8E274A

analogous

#278E38 #278E6B #277D8E

triadic

#278E6B #6B278E #8E6B27

tetradic

#278E6B #38278E #8E274A #7D8E27

square

#278E6B #38278E #8E274A #7D8E27

split-complementary

#278E6B #8E277D #8E3827

monochromatic

#0D2E23 #1A5E47 #278E6B #34BE8F #5DD2AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#278E6B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#278E6B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #278E6B

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##278E6B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##278E6B	1.00	4.06	5.17	5.17
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B8469

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7A6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #278e6b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 142, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.107 165.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70b095',
    500: '#278e6b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #278e6b;
$custom-light: #70b095;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#278e6b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.612,
    "s": 56.906,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57958,
    "c": 0.1075,
    "h": 165.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#278E6B

secondary

#B85979

accent

#487BE0

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF5F1

border

#C8CFCB

text

#08100D

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #278E6B

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

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