#278E70#278E70

#278E70 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.104 H 169.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#278E70
RGB	rgb(39, 142, 112)
HSL	hsl(163, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(163, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 0%, 21.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.89, -36.50, 7.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.89, 37.30, 168.11°)
OKLab	oklab(58.1% -0.1017 0.0196)
OKLCH	oklch(58.1% 0.104 169.1)
XYZ	xyz(13.4328, 20.9456, 18.6611)
Luminance	0.2095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#278E70 #8E2745

analogous

#278E3C #278E70 #27788E

triadic

#278E70 #70278E #8E7027

tetradic

#278E70 #3C278E #8E2745 #788E27

square

#278E70 #3C278E #8E2745 #788E27

split-complementary

#278E70 #8E2778 #8E3C27

monochromatic

#0D2E24 #1A5E4A #278E70 #34BE96 #5DD2B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#278E70 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.19

#278E70 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #278E70

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##278E70	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##278E70	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)

#8A846E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7A72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #278e70;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 142, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.104 169.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70b099',
    500: '#278e70',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #278e70;
$custom-light: #70b099;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#278e70",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.524,
    "s": 56.906,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58095,
    "c": 0.10356,
    "h": 169.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#278E70

secondary

#B85975

accent

#4874E0

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF5F2

border

#C8CFCC

text

#09100D

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #278E70

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

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