#278E96#278E96

#278E96 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.091 H 202.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#278E96
RGB	rgb(39, 142, 150)
HSL	hsl(184, 59%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(184, 74%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(74%, 5.3%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.00, -25.59, -12.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.00, 28.53, 206.25°)
OKLab	oklab(59.37% -0.0836 -0.035)
OKLCH	oklch(59.37% 0.091 202.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.0123, 21.9774, 32.2464)
Luminance	0.2198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#278E96 #962F27

analogous

#279666 #278E96 #275796

triadic

#278E96 #96278E #8E9627

tetradic

#278E96 #662796 #962F27 #579627

square

#278E96 #662796 #962F27 #579627

split-complementary

#278E96 #962757 #966627

monochromatic

#0E3235 #1A6065 #278E96 #34BCC7 #61CED6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#278E96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#278E96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #278E96

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##278E96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##278E96	1.00	3.89	5.40	5.40
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#838897

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#737C96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009490

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #278e96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 142, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.091 202.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73afb4',
    500: '#278e96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #278e96;
$custom-light: #73afb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#278e96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.324,
    "s": 58.73,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5937,
    "c": 0.09061,
    "h": 202.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#278E96

secondary

#BC645D

accent

#5146E2

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #278E96

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

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