#278E93#278E93

#278E93 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.090 H 199.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#278E93
RGB	rgb(39, 142, 147)
HSL	hsl(183, 58%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(183, 73%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.5%, 3.4%, 0%, 42.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.90, -26.53, -11.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.90, 28.73, 202.59°)
OKLab	oklab(59.25% -0.0849 -0.0306)
OKLCH	oklch(59.25% 0.09 199.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.7738, 21.8820, 30.9904)
Luminance	0.2188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#278E93 #932C27

analogous

#279362 #278E93 #275893

triadic

#278E93 #93278E #8E9327

tetradic

#278E93 #622793 #932C27 #589327

square

#278E93 #622793 #932C27 #589327

split-complementary

#278E93 #932758 #936227

monochromatic

#0D3132 #1A5F63 #278E93 #34BDC3 #60CFD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#278E93 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#278E93 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #278E93

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##278E93	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##278E93	1.00	3.91	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#838793

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747C94

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00938F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #278e93;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 142, 147);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.090 199.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73afb2',
    500: '#278e93',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #278e93;
$custom-light: #73afb2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#278e93",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 147
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.778,
    "s": 58.065,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59254,
    "c": 0.09027,
    "h": 199.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#278E93

secondary

#BA605C

accent

#4E47E1

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F5

border

#C8CECF

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #278E93

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

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