#278E7C#278E7C

#278E7C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.096 H 178.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#278E7C
RGB	rgb(39, 142, 124)
HSL	hsl(170, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(170, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 0%, 12.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.20, -33.31, 1.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.20, 33.33, 177.91°)
OKLab	oklab(58.45% -0.0957 0.0027)
OKLCH	oklch(58.45% 0.096 178.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.1460, 21.2309, 22.4173)
Luminance	0.2123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#278E7C #8E2739

analogous

#278E49 #278E7C #276C8E

triadic

#278E7C #7C278E #8E7C27

tetradic

#278E7C #49278E #8E2739 #6C8E27

square

#278E7C #49278E #8E2739 #6C8E27

split-complementary

#278E7C #8E276C #8E4927

monochromatic

#0D2E28 #1A5E52 #278E7C #34BEA6 #5DD2BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#278E7C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#278E7C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #278E7C

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##278E7C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##278E7C	1.00	4.00	5.25	5.25
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88857B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7B7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #278e7c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 142, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.096 178.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71afa1',
    500: '#278e7c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #278e7c;
$custom-light: #71afa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#278e7c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.515,
    "s": 56.906,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58453,
    "c": 0.09579,
    "h": 178.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#278E7C

secondary

#B8596A

accent

#4862E0

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF5F2

border

#C8CFCC

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #278E7C

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

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