#278E6F#278E6F

#278E6F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.104 H 168.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#278E6F
RGB	rgb(39, 142, 111)
HSL	hsl(162, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(162, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 0%, 21.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.87, -36.75, 8.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.87, 37.66, 167.39°)
OKLab	oklab(58.07% -0.1022 0.021)
OKLCH	oklch(58.07% 0.104 168.4)
XYZ	xyz(13.3774, 20.9235, 18.3695)
Luminance	0.2092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#278E6F #8E2746

analogous

#278E3C #278E6F #27798E

triadic

#278E6F #6F278E #8E6F27

tetradic

#278E6F #3C278E #8E2746 #798E27

square

#278E6F #3C278E #8E2746 #798E27

split-complementary

#278E6F #8E2779 #8E3C27

monochromatic

#0D2E24 #1A5E49 #278E6F #34BE95 #5DD2AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#278E6F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.19

#278E6F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #278E6F

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##278E6F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##278E6F	1.00	4.05	5.19	5.19
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A846D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7A71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #278e6f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 142, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.104 168.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70b098',
    500: '#278e6f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #278e6f;
$custom-light: #70b098;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#278e6f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.942,
    "s": 56.906,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58067,
    "c": 0.10432,
    "h": 168.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#278E6F

secondary

#B85976

accent

#4876E0

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF5F2

border

#C8CFCC

text

#09100D

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #278E6F

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

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