#278E79#278E79

#278E79 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.097 H 175.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#278E79
RGB	rgb(39, 142, 121)
HSL	hsl(168, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(168, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 0%, 14.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.12, -34.13, 2.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.12, 34.25, 175.26°)
OKLab	oklab(58.36% -0.0972 0.007)
OKLCH	oklch(58.36% 0.097 175.9)
XYZ	xyz(13.9592, 21.1562, 21.4333)
Luminance	0.2116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#278E79 #8E273C

analogous

#278E45 #278E79 #276F8E

triadic

#278E79 #79278E #8E7927

tetradic

#278E79 #45278E #8E273C #6F8E27

square

#278E79 #45278E #8E273C #6F8E27

split-complementary

#278E79 #8E276F #8E4527

monochromatic

#0D2E27 #1A5E50 #278E79 #34BEA2 #5DD2BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#278E79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#278E79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #278E79

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##278E79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##278E79	1.00	4.01	5.23	5.23
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#898578

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7B7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #278e79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 142, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.097 175.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71b09f',
    500: '#278e79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #278e79;
$custom-light: #71b09f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#278e79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.767,
    "s": 56.906,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58359,
    "c": 0.09747,
    "h": 175.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#278E79

secondary

#B8596C

accent

#4867E0

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF5F2

border

#C8CFCC

text

#09100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #278E79

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

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