#278E80#278E80

#278E80 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.094 H 181.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#278E80
RGB	rgb(39, 142, 128)
HSL	hsl(172, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(172, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 0%, 9.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.31, -32.19, -0.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.31, 32.20, 181.66°)
OKLab	oklab(58.58% -0.0938 -0.003)
OKLCH	oklch(58.58% 0.094 181.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.4041, 21.3342, 23.7767)
Luminance	0.2134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#278E80 #8E2735

analogous

#278E4D #278E80 #27688E

triadic

#278E80 #80278E #8E8027

tetradic

#278E80 #4D278E #8E2735 #688E27

square

#278E80 #4D278E #8E2735 #688E27

split-complementary

#278E80 #8E2768 #8E4D27

monochromatic

#0D2E29 #1A5E55 #278E80 #34BEAB #5DD2C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#278E80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.27

#278E80 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #278E80

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##278E80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##278E80	1.00	3.99	5.27	5.27
#FFFFFF	3.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87857F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#797B81

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #278e80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 142, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.094 181.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71afa4',
    500: '#278e80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #278e80;
$custom-light: #71afa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#278e80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.845,
    "s": 56.906,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58581,
    "c": 0.09386,
    "h": 181.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#278E80

secondary

#B85966

accent

#485CE0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF5F4

border

#C8CFCE

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #278E80

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

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