#278E83#278E83

#278E83 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.093 H 184.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#278E83
RGB	rgb(39, 142, 131)
HSL	hsl(174, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(174, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 0%, 7.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.40, -31.33, -2.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.40, 31.43, 184.63°)
OKLab	oklab(58.68% -0.0924 -0.0074)
OKLCH	oklch(58.68% 0.093 184.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.6045, 21.4143, 24.8320)
Luminance	0.2142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#278E83 #8E2732

analogous

#278E4F #278E83 #27658E

triadic

#278E83 #83278E #8E8327

tetradic

#278E83 #4F278E #8E2732 #658E27

square

#278E83 #4F278E #8E2732 #658E27

split-complementary

#278E83 #8E2765 #8E4F27

monochromatic

#0D2E2A #1A5E57 #278E83 #34BEAF #5DD2C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#278E83 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#278E83 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #278E83

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##278E83	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##278E83	1.00	3.97	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.97	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)

#878683

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#787B84

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #278e83;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 142, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.093 184.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72afa7',
    500: '#278e83',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #278e83;
$custom-light: #72afa7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#278e83",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.592,
    "s": 56.906,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5868,
    "c": 0.09265,
    "h": 184.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#278E83

secondary

#B85963

accent

#4858E0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #278E83

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →