#278E6E#278E6E

#278E6E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.105 H 167.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#278E6E
RGB	rgb(39, 142, 110)
HSL	hsl(161, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(161, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 0%, 22.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.84, -37.00, 8.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.84, 38.02, 166.68°)
OKLab	oklab(58.04% -0.1027 0.0224)
OKLCH	oklch(58.04% 0.105 167.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.3227, 20.9016, 18.0811)
Luminance	0.2090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#278E6E #8E2747

analogous

#278E3A #278E6E #277A8E

triadic

#278E6E #6E278E #8E6E27

tetradic

#278E6E #3A278E #8E2747 #7A8E27

square

#278E6E #3A278E #8E2747 #7A8E27

split-complementary

#278E6E #8E277A #8E3A27

monochromatic

#0D2E24 #1A5E49 #278E6E #34BE93 #5DD2AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#278E6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#278E6E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #278E6E

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##278E6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##278E6E	1.00	4.05	5.18	5.18
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A846C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7A70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #278e6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 142, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.105 167.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70b097',
    500: '#278e6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #278e6e;
$custom-light: #70b097;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#278e6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.359,
    "s": 56.906,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58039,
    "c": 0.10509,
    "h": 167.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#278E6E

secondary

#B85977

accent

#4877E0

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF5F2

border

#C8CFCC

text

#09100D

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #278E6E

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

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