#278E86#278E86

#278E86 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.092 H 187.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#278E86
RGB	rgb(39, 142, 134)
HSL	hsl(175, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(175, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 0%, 5.6%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.49, -30.46, -4.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.49, 30.74, 187.74°)
OKLab	oklab(58.78% -0.0909 -0.0117)
OKLCH	oklch(58.78% 0.092 187.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.8108, 21.4968, 25.9184)
Luminance	0.2150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#278E86 #8E272F

analogous

#278E52 #278E86 #27628E

triadic

#278E86 #86278E #8E8627

tetradic

#278E86 #52278E #8E272F #628E27

square

#278E86 #52278E #8E272F #628E27

split-complementary

#278E86 #8E2762 #8E5227

monochromatic

#0D2E2B #1A5E59 #278E86 #34BEB3 #5DD2C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#278E86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#278E86 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #278E86

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##278E86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##278E86	1.00	3.96	5.30	5.30
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#868686

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#777B87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #278e86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 142, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.092 187.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72afa9',
    500: '#278e86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #278e86;
$custom-light: #72afa9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#278e86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.34,
    "s": 56.906,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58782,
    "c": 0.09168,
    "h": 187.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#278E86

secondary

#B85960

accent

#4853E0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#09100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #278E86

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

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