#278E9A#278E9A

#278E9A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.091 H 206.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#278E9A
RGB	rgb(39, 142, 154)
HSL	hsl(186, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(186, 75%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.7%, 7.8%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.14, -24.32, -14.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.14, 28.42, 211.18°)
OKLab	oklab(59.53% -0.0818 -0.0409)
OKLCH	oklch(59.53% 0.091 206.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.3399, 22.1085, 33.9718)
Luminance	0.2211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#278E9A #9A3327

analogous

#279A6C #278E9A #27549A

triadic

#278E9A #9A278E #8E9A27

tetradic

#278E9A #6C279A #9A3327 #549A27

square

#278E9A #6C279A #9A3327 #549A27

split-complementary

#278E9A #9A2754 #9A6C27

monochromatic

#0E3438 #1B6169 #278E9A #33BBCB #64CCD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#278E9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.42

#278E9A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #278E9A

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##278E9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##278E9A	1.00	3.87	5.42	5.42
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82889B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717C9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009492

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #278e9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 142, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.091 206.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74afb7',
    500: '#278e9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #278e9a;
$custom-light: #74afb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#278e9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.261,
    "s": 59.585,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59528,
    "c": 0.09146,
    "h": 206.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#278E9A

secondary

#BD695F

accent

#5645E3

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #278E9A

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

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