#278E71#278E71

#278E71 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.103 H 169.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#278E71
RGB	rgb(39, 142, 113)
HSL	hsl(163, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(163, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 0%, 20.4%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.91, -36.24, 7.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.91, 36.94, 168.85°)
OKLab	oklab(58.12% -0.1012 0.0182)
OKLCH	oklch(58.12% 0.103 169.8)
XYZ	xyz(13.4888, 20.9680, 18.9559)
Luminance	0.2097 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#278E71 #8E2744

analogous

#278E3E #278E71 #27778E

triadic

#278E71 #71278E #8E7127

tetradic

#278E71 #3E278E #8E2744 #778E27

square

#278E71 #3E278E #8E2744 #778E27

split-complementary

#278E71 #8E2777 #8E3E27

monochromatic

#0D2E25 #1A5E4B #278E71 #34BE97 #5DD2B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#278E71 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.19

#278E71 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #278E71

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##278E71	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##278E71	1.00	4.04	5.19	5.19
#FFFFFF	4.04	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)

#8A8470

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7A73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #278e71;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 142, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.103 169.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70b099',
    500: '#278e71',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #278e71;
$custom-light: #70b099;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#278e71",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.107,
    "s": 56.906,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58123,
    "c": 0.10282,
    "h": 169.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#278E71

secondary

#B85974

accent

#4873E0

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF5F2

border

#C8CFCC

text

#09100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #278E71

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

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