#278E85#278E85

#278E85 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.092 H 186.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#278E85
RGB	rgb(39, 142, 133)
HSL	hsl(175, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(175, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 0%, 6.3%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.46, -30.75, -3.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.46, 30.96, 186.69°)
OKLab	oklab(58.75% -0.0914 -0.0102)
OKLCH	oklch(58.75% 0.092 186.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.7413, 21.4691, 25.5528)
Luminance	0.2147 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#278E85 #8E2730

analogous

#278E51 #278E85 #27638E

triadic

#278E85 #85278E #8E8527

tetradic

#278E85 #51278E #8E2730 #638E27

square

#278E85 #51278E #8E2730 #638E27

split-complementary

#278E85 #8E2763 #8E5127

monochromatic

#0D2E2B #1A5E58 #278E85 #34BEB2 #5DD2C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#278E85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.29

#278E85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #278E85

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##278E85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##278E85	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)

#868685

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#787B86

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #278e85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 142, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.092 186.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72afa8',
    500: '#278e85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #278e85;
$custom-light: #72afa8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#278e85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.757,
    "s": 56.906,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58748,
    "c": 0.09198,
    "h": 186.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#278E85

secondary

#B85961

accent

#4855E0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #278E85

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

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