#278E95#278E95

#278E95 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.090 H 201.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#278E95
RGB	rgb(39, 142, 149)
HSL	hsl(184, 59%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(184, 74%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.8%, 4.7%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.97, -25.90, -12.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.97, 28.59, 205.02°)
OKLab	oklab(59.33% -0.084 -0.0336)
OKLCH	oklch(59.33% 0.09 201.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.9321, 21.9454, 31.8241)
Luminance	0.2195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#278E95 #952E27

analogous

#279565 #278E95 #275795

triadic

#278E95 #95278E #8E9527

tetradic

#278E95 #652795 #952E27 #579527

square

#278E95 #652795 #952E27 #579527

split-complementary

#278E95 #952757 #956527

monochromatic

#0E3234 #1A6064 #278E95 #34BCC6 #61CED6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#278E95 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.39

#278E95 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #278E95

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##278E95	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##278E95	1.00	3.90	5.39	5.39
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#838896

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#737C95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009490

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #278e95;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 142, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.090 201.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73afb4',
    500: '#278e95',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #278e95;
$custom-light: #73afb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#278e95",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.818,
    "s": 58.511,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59331,
    "c": 0.09047,
    "h": 201.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#278E95

secondary

#BB635D

accent

#5046E2

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #278E95

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

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