#278E82#278E82

#278E82 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.093 H 183.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#278E82
RGB	rgb(39, 142, 130)
HSL	hsl(173, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(173, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 0%, 8.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.37, -31.62, -2.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.37, 31.68, 183.62°)
OKLab	oklab(58.65% -0.0928 -0.0059)
OKLCH	oklch(58.65% 0.093 183.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.5370, 21.3873, 24.4768)
Luminance	0.2139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#278E82 #8E2733

analogous

#278E4F #278E82 #27668E

triadic

#278E82 #82278E #8E8227

tetradic

#278E82 #4F278E #8E2733 #668E27

square

#278E82 #4F278E #8E2733 #668E27

split-complementary

#278E82 #8E2766 #8E4F27

monochromatic

#0D2E2A #1A5E56 #278E82 #34BEAE #5DD2C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#278E82 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#278E82 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #278E82

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##278E82	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##278E82	1.00	3.98	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#878682

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#787B83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #278e82;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 142, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.093 183.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71afa6',
    500: '#278e82',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #278e82;
$custom-light: #71afa6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#278e82",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.01,
    "s": 56.906,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58647,
    "c": 0.09303,
    "h": 183.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#278E82

secondary

#B85964

accent

#4859E0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #278E82

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

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