#278E89#278E89

#278E89 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.091 H 190.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#278E89
RGB	rgb(39, 142, 137)
HSL	hsl(177, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(177, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 0%, 3.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.58, -29.58, -5.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.58, 30.13, 190.98°)
OKLab	oklab(58.89% -0.0895 -0.0161)
OKLCH	oklch(58.89% 0.091 190.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.0230, 21.5817, 27.0360)
Luminance	0.2158 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#278E89 #8E272C

analogous

#278E55 #278E89 #27608E

triadic

#278E89 #89278E #8E8927

tetradic

#278E89 #55278E #8E272C #608E27

square

#278E89 #55278E #8E272C #608E27

split-complementary

#278E89 #8E2760 #8E5527

monochromatic

#0D2E2C #1A5E5B #278E89 #34BEB7 #5DD2CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#278E89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.32

#278E89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #278E89

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##278E89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##278E89	1.00	3.95	5.32	5.32
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#868689

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#777B8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #278e89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 142, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.091 190.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72afab',
    500: '#278e89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #278e89;
$custom-light: #72afab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#278e89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.087,
    "s": 56.906,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58887,
    "c": 0.09094,
    "h": 190.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#278E89

secondary

#B8595E

accent

#484FE0

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #278E89

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

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