#278E91#278E91

#278E91 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.090 H 197.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#278E91
RGB	rgb(39, 142, 145)
HSL	hsl(182, 58%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(182, 73%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.1%, 2.1%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.84, -27.15, -9.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.84, 28.93, 200.19°)
OKLab	oklab(59.18% -0.0858 -0.0277)
OKLCH	oklch(59.18% 0.09 197.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.6182, 21.8198, 30.1711)
Luminance	0.2182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#278E91 #912A27

analogous

#27915F #278E91 #275991

triadic

#278E91 #91278E #8E9127

tetradic

#278E91 #5F2791 #912A27 #599127

square

#278E91 #5F2791 #912A27 #599127

split-complementary

#278E91 #912759 #915F27

monochromatic

#0D3031 #1A5F61 #278E91 #34BDC1 #5FD1D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#278E91 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#278E91 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #278E91

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##278E91	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##278E91	1.00	3.91	5.36	5.36
#FFFFFF	3.91	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)

#848791

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747C92

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00938F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #278e91;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 142, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.090 197.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73afb1',
    500: '#278e91',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #278e91;
$custom-light: #73afb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#278e91",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.698,
    "s": 57.609,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59179,
    "c": 0.09018,
    "h": 197.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#278E91

secondary

#B95D5B

accent

#4B47E1

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F5

border

#C8CECF

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #278E91

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

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