#278E87#278E87

#278E87 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.091 H 188.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#278E87
RGB	rgb(39, 142, 135)
HSL	hsl(176, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(176, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 0%, 4.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.52, -30.17, -4.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.52, 30.53, 188.81°)
OKLab	oklab(58.82% -0.0905 -0.0131)
OKLCH	oklch(58.82% 0.091 188.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.8808, 21.5249, 26.2874)
Luminance	0.2153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#278E87 #8E272E

analogous

#278E53 #278E87 #27628E

triadic

#278E87 #87278E #8E8727

tetradic

#278E87 #53278E #8E272E #628E27

square

#278E87 #53278E #8E272E #628E27

split-complementary

#278E87 #8E2762 #8E5327

monochromatic

#0D2E2C #1A5E59 #278E87 #34BEB5 #5DD2CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#278E87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#278E87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #278E87

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##278E87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##278E87	1.00	3.96	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#868687

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#777B88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #278e87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 142, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.091 188.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72afa9',
    500: '#278e87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #278e87;
$custom-light: #72afa9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#278e87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.922,
    "s": 56.906,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58817,
    "c": 0.09141,
    "h": 188.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#278E87

secondary

#B85960

accent

#4852E0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #278E87

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

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