#278E7F#278E7F

#278E7F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.094 H 181.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#278E7F
RGB	rgb(39, 142, 127)
HSL	hsl(171, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(171, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 0%, 10.6%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.28, -32.47, -0.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.28, 32.47, 180.70°)
OKLab	oklab(58.55% -0.0943 -0.0016)
OKLCH	oklch(58.55% 0.094 181)
XYZ	xyz(14.3386, 21.3080, 23.4317)
Luminance	0.2131 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#278E7F #8E2736

analogous

#278E4B #278E7F #27698E

triadic

#278E7F #7F278E #8E7F27

tetradic

#278E7F #4B278E #8E2736 #698E27

square

#278E7F #4B278E #8E2736 #698E27

split-complementary

#278E7F #8E2769 #8E4B27

monochromatic

#0D2E29 #1A5E54 #278E7F #34BEAA #5DD2C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#278E7F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.26

#278E7F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #278E7F

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##278E7F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##278E7F	1.00	3.99	5.26	5.26
#FFFFFF	3.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88857E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#797B80

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #278e7f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 142, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.094 181.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71afa4',
    500: '#278e7f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #278e7f;
$custom-light: #71afa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#278e7f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.262,
    "s": 56.906,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58549,
    "c": 0.0943,
    "h": 181
  },
  "luminance": 0.2131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#278E7F

secondary

#B85967

accent

#485EE0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF5F4

border

#C8CFCE

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #278E7F

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

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