#278E9C#278E9C

#278E9C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.092 H 208.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#278E9C
RGB	rgb(39, 142, 156)
HSL	hsl(187, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(187, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(75%, 9%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.21, -23.67, -15.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.21, 28.44, 213.65°)
OKLab	oklab(59.61% -0.0809 -0.0438)
OKLCH	oklch(59.61% 0.092 208.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.5078, 22.1757, 34.8563)
Luminance	0.2218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#278E9C #9C3527

analogous

#279C6F #278E9C #27549C

triadic

#278E9C #9C278E #8E9C27

tetradic

#278E9C #6F279C #9C3527 #549C27

square

#278E9C #6F279C #9C3527 #549C27

split-complementary

#278E9C #9C2754 #9C6F27

monochromatic

#0F353A #1B616B #278E9C #34BACC #65CBD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#278E9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.44

#278E9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #278E9C

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##278E9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##278E9C	1.00	3.86	5.44	5.44
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81889D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717D9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009592

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #278e9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 142, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.092 208.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74afb9',
    500: '#278e9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #278e9c;
$custom-light: #74afb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#278e9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.179,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59609,
    "c": 0.09205,
    "h": 208.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#278E9C

secondary

#BE6C61

accent

#5845E3

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #278E9C

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

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