#278E97#278E97

#278E97 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.091 H 203.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#278E97
RGB	rgb(39, 142, 151)
HSL	hsl(185, 59%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(185, 74%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.2%, 6%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.04, -25.27, -13.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.04, 28.49, 207.47°)
OKLab	oklab(59.41% -0.0831 -0.0365)
OKLCH	oklch(59.41% 0.091 203.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.0931, 22.0098, 32.6723)
Luminance	0.2201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#278E97 #973027

analogous

#279768 #278E97 #275697

triadic

#278E97 #97278E #8E9727

tetradic

#278E97 #682797 #973027 #569727

square

#278E97 #682797 #973027 #569727

split-complementary

#278E97 #972756 #976827

monochromatic

#0E3336 #1A6066 #278E97 #34BCC8 #62CDD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#278E97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#278E97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #278E97

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##278E97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##278E97	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)

#828898

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#727C97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009491

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #278e97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 142, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.091 203.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74afb5',
    500: '#278e97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #278e97;
$custom-light: #74afb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#278e97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.821,
    "s": 58.947,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59409,
    "c": 0.09078,
    "h": 203.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#278E97

secondary

#BC655E

accent

#5246E2

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #278E97

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

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