#278E7D#278E7D

#278E7D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.095 H 179.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#278E7D
RGB	rgb(39, 142, 125)
HSL	hsl(170, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(170, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 0%, 12%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.23, -33.03, 0.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.23, 33.04, 178.82°)
OKLab	oklab(58.48% -0.0953 0.0013)
OKLCH	oklch(58.48% 0.095 179.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.2096, 21.2563, 22.7521)
Luminance	0.2126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#278E7D #8E2738

analogous

#278E49 #278E7D #276B8E

triadic

#278E7D #7D278E #8E7D27

tetradic

#278E7D #49278E #8E2738 #6B8E27

square

#278E7D #49278E #8E2738 #6B8E27

split-complementary

#278E7D #8E276B #8E4927

monochromatic

#0D2E28 #1A5E53 #278E7D #34BEA7 #5DD2BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#278E7D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#278E7D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #278E7D

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##278E7D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##278E7D	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)

#88857C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7B7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #278e7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 142, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.095 179.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71afa2',
    500: '#278e7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #278e7d;
$custom-light: #71afa2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#278e7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.097,
    "s": 56.906,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58484,
    "c": 0.09527,
    "h": 179.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#278E7D

secondary

#B85969

accent

#4861E0

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF5F2

border

#C8CFCC

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #278E7D

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

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