#278E84#278E84

#278E84 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.092 H 185.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#278E84
RGB	rgb(39, 142, 132)
HSL	hsl(174, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(174, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 0%, 7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.43, -31.04, -3.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.43, 31.20, 185.65°)
OKLab	oklab(58.71% -0.0919 -0.0088)
OKLCH	oklch(58.71% 0.092 185.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.6726, 21.4416, 25.1907)
Luminance	0.2144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#278E84 #8E2731

analogous

#278E50 #278E84 #27648E

triadic

#278E84 #84278E #8E8427

tetradic

#278E84 #50278E #8E2731 #648E27

square

#278E84 #50278E #8E2731 #648E27

split-complementary

#278E84 #8E2764 #8E5027

monochromatic

#0D2E2B #1A5E57 #278E84 #34BEB1 #5DD2C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#278E84 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.29

#278E84 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #278E84

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##278E84	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##278E84	1.00	3.97	5.29	5.29
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#878684

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#787B85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #278e84;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 142, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.092 185.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72afa7',
    500: '#278e84',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #278e84;
$custom-light: #72afa7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#278e84",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.175,
    "s": 56.906,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58714,
    "c": 0.0923,
    "h": 185.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#278E84

secondary

#B85962

accent

#4856E0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #278E84

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

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