#278E90#278E90

#278E90 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.090 H 196.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#278E90
RGB	rgb(39, 142, 144)
HSL	hsl(181, 57%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(181, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.9%, 1.4%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.80, -27.46, -9.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.80, 29.04, 199.00°)
OKLab	oklab(59.14% -0.0863 -0.0263)
OKLCH	oklch(59.14% 0.09 196.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.5415, 21.7891, 29.7668)
Luminance	0.2179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#278E90 #902927

analogous

#27905D #278E90 #275990

triadic

#278E90 #90278E #8E9027

tetradic

#278E90 #5D2790 #902927 #599027

square

#278E90 #5D2790 #902927 #599027

split-complementary

#278E90 #902759 #905D27

monochromatic

#0D2F30 #1A5F60 #278E90 #34BDC0 #5ED1D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#278E90 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#278E90 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #278E90

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##278E90	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##278E90	1.00	3.92	5.36	5.36
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#848790

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757C91

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00938E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #278e90;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 142, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.090 196.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73afb0',
    500: '#278e90',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #278e90;
$custom-light: #73afb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#278e90",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.143,
    "s": 57.377,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59141,
    "c": 0.09018,
    "h": 196.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#278E90

secondary

#B95C5A

accent

#4A47E1

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #278E90

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

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