#278E75#278E75

#278E75 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.100 H 172.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#278E75
RGB	rgb(39, 142, 117)
HSL	hsl(165, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(165, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 0%, 17.6%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.02, -35.20, 4.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.02, 35.55, 171.94°)
OKLab	oklab(58.24% -0.0992 0.0126)
OKLCH	oklch(58.24% 0.1 172.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.7189, 21.0601, 20.1682)
Luminance	0.2106 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#278E75 #8E2740

analogous

#278E41 #278E75 #27738E

triadic

#278E75 #75278E #8E7527

tetradic

#278E75 #41278E #8E2740 #738E27

square

#278E75 #41278E #8E2740 #738E27

split-complementary

#278E75 #8E2773 #8E4127

monochromatic

#0D2E26 #1A5E4D #278E75 #34BE9D #5DD2B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#278E75 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.21

#278E75 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #278E75

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##278E75	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##278E75	1.00	4.03	5.21	5.21
#FFFFFF	4.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#898574

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7A77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #278e75;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 142, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.100 172.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71b09c',
    500: '#278e75',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #278e75;
$custom-light: #71b09c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#278e75",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.437,
    "s": 56.906,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58239,
    "c": 0.1,
    "h": 172.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#278E75

secondary

#B85970

accent

#486DE0

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF5F2

border

#C8CFCC

text

#09100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #278E75

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

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