#278E72#278E72

#278E72 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.102 H 170.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#278E72
RGB	rgb(39, 142, 114)
HSL	hsl(164, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(164, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 0%, 19.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.94, -35.98, 6.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.94, 36.58, 169.60°)
OKLab	oklab(58.15% -0.1007 0.0168)
OKLCH	oklch(58.15% 0.102 170.5)
XYZ	xyz(13.5454, 20.9907, 19.2541)
Luminance	0.2099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#278E72 #8E2743

analogous

#278E3E #278E72 #27768E

triadic

#278E72 #72278E #8E7227

tetradic

#278E72 #3E278E #8E2743 #768E27

square

#278E72 #3E278E #8E2743 #768E27

split-complementary

#278E72 #8E2776 #8E3E27

monochromatic

#0D2E25 #1A5E4B #278E72 #34BE99 #5DD2B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#278E72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.20

#278E72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #278E72

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##278E72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##278E72	1.00	4.04	5.20	5.20
#FFFFFF	4.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A8471

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7A74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #278e72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 142, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.102 170.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70b09a',
    500: '#278e72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #278e72;
$custom-light: #70b09a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#278e72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.689,
    "s": 56.906,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58152,
    "c": 0.10209,
    "h": 170.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#278E72

secondary

#B85973

accent

#4871E0

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF5F2

border

#C8CFCC

text

#09100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #278E72

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

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